We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give. (Jean de La Fontaine)

We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.

Jean de La Fontaine

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