What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster!

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"The law in its majestic equality forbids the rich and the poor alike to sleep under bridges to beg in the streets and to steal bread. A republic is ugliness set free. "
"The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious.

He was born in Paris and died in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire. He was a successful novelist with several best-sellers.