Sunday 19 February 2012

From Prosper Mérimée

Faute de pouvoir exprimer ce qu’on sent; on décrit d’autres sensations qui peuvent être comprises par tout le monde.
Unable to express what one feels, one describes other feelings, which everyone can understand.
- Prosper Mérimée (from “H.B.”, his essay on Henri Beyle, i.e. Stendhal)   

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