"La gloire ou le mérite de certains hommes est de bien écrire; et de quelques autres, c’est de n’écrire point."
— Les Caractères

January 1, 1970

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It is the glory and the merit of some men to write well, and of others not to write at all. — “Of Works of the Mind,” #59