"L'adjectif est l'ennemi du substantif."
— Voltaire

January 1, 1970

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Variants: The adjective is the enemy of the noun. — Quote attributed in Arthur Schopenhauer (translated by Mrs Rudolf Dircks), Essays of Schopenhauer (2004), Kessinger Publishing, p. 31