"Just is not by other men of intelligence that an intelligent an is afraid of being thought a fool, so it is not by the great gentleman but by boors an...
... rejoicing in a peace which brings only an increase of anxiety,...
~ Marcel Proust ~
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... rejoicing in a peace which brings only an increase of anxiety,...
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"And if she had appeared, would I have dared to speak to her?