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Blaise Pascal Quotes: Eloquence is a painting of thought; and thus those who, after having painted it, add something more, make a picture instead of a portrait.
         

Eloquence is a painting of thought; and thus those who, after having painted it, add something more, make a picture instead of a portrait.


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