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Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac - Nothing so closely...
Nothing so closely approaches a grand style as turgid nonsense: the ridiculous is one of the extremes of the subtle. (Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac)

Nothing so closely approaches a grand style as turgid nonsense: the ridiculous is one of the extremes of the subtle.

Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac

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