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Give to all men the same intelligence,
The salt you banish of society.
Boredom was born one day of Uniformity.

— Antoine Houdar de la Motte

(Donnez le même esprit aux hommes;
Vous ôtez tout le sel de la société.)
L’Ennui nâcquit un jour de l’Uniformité.

Original text (French)

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