“Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.”

— Anatole France, book The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

Les amants qui aiment bien n'écrivent pas leur bonheur.
La Bûche [The Log] (November 30, 1859)
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881)

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French writer 1844–1924

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