The more ancient an institution, the greater the number of its idioms; the worse the suffering in a particular age, the more the idioms multiply.
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Author Denis Diderot
Source Rameau's Nephew
Topic stupidity tradition institutions
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Language English
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Note Translated by Margaret Mauldon
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