Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing. (Jean de La Fontaine)

Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.

Jean de La Fontaine

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