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Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
Montesquieu
No. 50. - Lettres Persanes (1721)
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
Cole Porter
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Born:
January 18, 1689
Died:
February 10, 1755
(aged 66)
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