Lafontaine Poule Oeufs Or

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(La Poule aux œufs d'or) A man owns a hen that lays a golden egg each day, and, certain a treasure lies within, kills it to seize all at once, finding it the same as any other hen. Moral: greed for everything loses what one has. — Jean de La Fontaine