How many men with libraries over which one might write "For external use", as on druggists' labels.
• P. 8; translation p. 340.
• P. 8; translation p. 340.
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Que de gens à bibliothèques sur la bibliothèque desquels on pourrait écrire: "Usage externe!" comme sur les fioles de pharmacie.
— Alphonse Daudet
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• P. 8; translation p. 340." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Alphonse Daudet" (Quotes, Notes sur la vie (published posthumously 1899): French quotations are cited from Notes sur la vie (Paris: E. Fasquelle, 1899); translations from George Burnham Ives and Mary Hendee (trans.) Memories of a Man of Letters, Artists' Wives, Etc. (Boston: Little, Brown, 1900).)
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About Alphonse Daudet
Alphonse Daudet (May 13 1840 – December 16 1897) was a French novelist, short-story writer and dramatist.
About Alphonse Daudet
Alphonse Daudet (May 13 1840 – December 16 1897) was a French novelist, short-story writer and dramatist.
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