Alain-René Lesage book Gil Blas
Book X, ch. 1. Earlier written by Elliot, Essay on Field Husbandry, p. 35 (1747). Translated by Tobias George Smollett, Translation of Gil Blas, Book x, Chapter 1.
Gil Blas (1715-1735)
“We sometimes speak of stubborn facts. Nonsense! A fact is a mere babe when compared with a stubborn theory.”
Source: The Gentle Reader (1903), p. 277
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