It is prose which gives sway to a language, because it is quite usual; poetry is only a luxury object.
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C'est la prose qui donne l'empire à une Langue, parce qu'elle est tout usuelle; la poésie n'est qu'un objet de luxe.
— Antoine de Rivarol
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "C'est la prose qui donne l'empire à une Langue, parce qu'elle est tout usuelle; la poésie n'est qu'un objet de luxe." in the context of "It is prose which gives sway to a language, because it is quite usual; poetry is only a luxury object.
• p. 27" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Antoine de Rivarol" (Quotes, De l'universalité de la langue française (1784): De l'universalité de la langue française: Discours qui a remporté le Prix a l'Académie de Berlin (Berlin, 1784))
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About Antoine de Rivarol
Antoine de Rivarol (26 June 1753 – 11 April 1801) was a Royalist French writer and translator who lived during the Revolutionary era.
About Antoine de Rivarol
Antoine de Rivarol (26 June 1753 – 11 April 1801) was a Royalist French writer and translator who lived during the Revolutionary era.
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