"A peculiar anthologic maze, an amusing literary chaos, a farrago of quotations, a mere olla podrida of quaintness, a pot pourri of pleasant delites, a florilegium of elegant extracts, a tangled fardel of old-world flowers of thought, a faggot of odd fancies, quips, facetiae, loosely tied" (Holbrook Jackson, Anatomy of Bibliomania) by a "laudator temporis acti," a "praiser of time past" (Horace, Ars Poetica 173).
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Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Deceptive Appearances
Chamfort (1741-1794):
There are some foolish notions that are well tricked out, just as there are some fools who are very well dressed.
Il y a des sottises bien habillées, comme il y a des sots très bien vêtus.