"Dans notre état, il faut opter; il s'agit de faire fortune dans ce monde ou dans l'autre, il n'y a pas de milieu."
— Stendhal

January 1, 1970

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In our calling, we have to choose; we must make our fortune either in this world or in the next, there is no middle way. — Vol. I, ch. VIII