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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
Approximate author period: c. 1658 AD · renaissance
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- Jean de La Fontaine
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- Approximate author period: c. 1658 AD · renaissance
Approximate author-period evidence for Jean de La Fontaine: life dates 1621 to 1695. Wikidata Q49496, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49496 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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