“A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.”

— Alexander Pope

Une oeuvre où il y a des théories est comme un objet sur lequel on laisse la marque du prix. <br class="br">Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time, part VII: Time Regained, chapter III, "An Afternoon Party at the House of the Princesse de Guermantes" ( French version http://web.archive.org/web/20010708070436/http://gallica.bnf.fr/proust/TempsRetrouve.htm and English translation http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/p/proust/marcel/p96t/chapter3.html). <br class="br">Misattributed

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eighteenth century English poet 1688–1744

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