José Rizal (1861–1896) Filipino writer, ophthalmologist, polyglot and nationalist
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“… an author never does more damage to his readers than when he hides a difficulty.”
... un auteur ne nuit jamais tant à ses lecteurs que quand il dissimule une difficulté.
in the preface of Deux mémoires d'Analyse pure, October 8, 1831, edited by [Jules Tannery, Manuscrits de Évariste Galois, Gauthier-Villars, 1908, 27]
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