Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in …

Marcel Proust
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Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way. ✨ Marcel Proust (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Marcel Proust (Illustrated), p.1170, Delphi Classics
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Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way. ✨ Marcel Proust (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Marcel Proust (Illustrated), p.1170, Delphi Classics

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