Far less envy in America than in France, and far less wit. - Stendhal

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Then one day I thought it would be wonderful to make a whole book, to make my text and my drawings together, and that's how I started doing children's books.

Stendhal

Far less envy in America than in France, and far less wit.

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A novel is a mirror which passes over a highway. Sometimes it reflects to your eyes the blue of the skies, at others the churned-up mud of the road.

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If you want to be witty, work on your character and say what you think on every occasion.

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