"A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left."
— Alexander Pope

January 1, 1970

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Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time, part VII: Time Regained, chapter III, "An Afternoon Party at the House of the Princesse de Guermantes" (French version and English translation).