"L'esprit n'est souvent au cœur que ce que la bibliothèque d'un château est à la personne du maître."
— Nicolas Chamfort

January 1, 1970

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Maximes et Pensées, #84 — Your intelligence often bears the same relation to your heart as the library of a château does to its owner. — Reflections