“Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.”

La reconnaissance est un fardeau, et tout fardeau est fait pour être secoué.
Rameau's Nephew (1762)

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La reconnaissance est un fardeau, et tout fardeau est fait pour être secoué.

Rameau's Nephew (1762)

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French Enlightenment philosopher and encyclopædist 1713–1784

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