...I can savor a work, but it is difficult for me to judge it independently from the author, and I would gladly say, as is the tree, so is the fruit. (Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve)

...I can savor a work, but it is difficult for me to judge it independently from the author, and I would gladly say, as is the tree, so is the fruit.

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

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