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Quotes from Les Aventures du roi Pausole ("The Adventures of King Pausole") — Pierre Louÿs

1870–1925 France

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King Pausole dispensed justice from under a cherry tree, for, he was wont to say, that tree gives just as much shade as any other, and has the advantage over the traditional oak that in the summer it bears delightful fruit.

Les Aventures du roi Pausole ("The Adventures of King Pausole") (1900)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Pierre Louÿs (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.