Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.

Le sort fait les parens, le choix fait les amis.

Jacques Delille

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Friends and family Friends Family

Author

Jacques Delille

Source

Malheur Et Pitié

Medium

Poem

Language

French

Time

1803 1800s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Delille, Jacques. La Pitié, poeme en quatre chants. Brunswick: F. Vieweg, c. 1804, canto 1.

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