A man of letters, merely by reading a phrase, can estimate exactly the…

Marcel Proust
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A man of letters, merely by reading a phrase, can estimate exactly the literary merit of its author. ✨ Marcel Proust (2016). Swann's Way, p.326, Marcel Proust
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