“His reputation will go on increasing because scarcely anyone reads him.”

—  Voltaire

Sa réputation s’affermira toujours, parce qu’on ne le lit guère. <br class="br"> &quot;Dante http://www.voltaire-integral.com/Html/18/dante.htm&quot; (1765) <br class="br">Citas, Dictionnaire philosophique (1764)

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