"Je ne vois qu'une règle: être clair. Si je ne suis pas clair, tout mon monde est anéanti."
— Stendhal

January 1, 1970

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I see but one rule: to be clear. If I am not clear, all my world crumbles to nothing. — Letter to Honoré de Balzac, Civita Vecchia (30 October 1840)