It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor. (André Gide)

It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor.

André Gide

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