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Nicholas Boileau-Despreaux

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Je ne puis rien nommer si ce n'est par son nom ;
J'appelle un chat un chat, et Rollet un fripon.
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I can call nothing by name if that is not his name. I call a cat a cat, and Rollet a rogue.
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Satire I, l. 51.

 
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