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The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine Posted by Elizabeth Schmermund on Oct 9, 2017
You’ve probably heard of Aesop’s fables before, but have you heard of La Fountain’s? These fables are famous to many French schoolchildren and are still enjoyed to this day. La Fontaine’s fables (given the title Les Fables choisies, mises en vers par M. de La Fontaine; “The Chosen Fables, Put Into Verse by Mr. de La…
Qu’est-ce que l’amour? (What is Love?) Posted by Hichem on Jan 7, 2014
L’amour (love.) Such a wide subject that had countless French thinkers and writers ponder about it. Today, we will go through a few quotations that aim to define it for what it really is. In other words, it is l’amour through des yeux français (French eyes.) Aimer, c’est trouver sa richesse hors de soi (To love is…