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I bend but do not break. — Jean de La Fontaine

Fable and fairytale

I bend but do not break.

In the original French

Je plie, et ne romps pas.

Jean de La Fontaine
1668
★ 6.1
Other tags relating to this quote
Topic
Resilience
Medium
Fable and fairytale
Time
1668
Person
Jean de La Fontaine
Provenance
Current citation
La Fontaine, Jean. "The Oak and the Reed." The Complete Fables of Jean de La Fontaine, translated by Norman R. Shapiro. University of Illinois Press, 2007, bk. 1, no. 22.
Original citation
La Fontaine, Jean. "Le chene et le roseau [The Oak and the Reed]." Fables. Paris, 1668, bk. 1, no. 22.

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