François Villon (c. 1431 – after 5 January 1463 / Paris)

poet François Villon
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The Ballad Of The Proverbs

So rough the goat will scratch, it cannot sleep.
So often goes the pot to the well that it breaks.
So long you heat iron, it will glow;
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François Villon

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