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Beware, as long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

Beware, as long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
J. De La Fontaine ↗

Approximate author period: c. 1658 AD · renaissance

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J. De La Fontaine
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Approximate author period: c. 1658 AD · renaissance
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Recorded source
Life and Literature (copyright 1910) (1910 AD)

Number 85 · printed citation: La Fontaine

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