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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
Calls
Everyone
Fool
Friend
Himself
Name
Nothing
Only
Rarer
Than
Thing
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