Honoré de Balzac: Le propre d’un grand homme est de dérouter les calculs ordinaires. Il est sublime et attendrissant, naïf et gigantesque.

Le propre d’un grand homme est de dérouter les calculs ordinaires. Il est sublim — Honoré de Balzac

Le propre d’un grand homme est de dérouter les calculs ordinaires. Il est sublime et attendrissant, naïf et gigantesque.

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