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All's commonplace, all has been said before.
Great conquerors have cried for a new world,
But, as I think, the Rhymesters need one more.

— Antoine Houdar de la Motte

Tout est dit, tout devient commun.
Les Conquérans voudroient un nouveau monde;
C'est aux Rimeurs qu'il en faut un.

Original text (French)

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Notes from Wikiquote

Cp. the apocryphal statement of Alexander the Great: "There are no more worlds to conquer!"

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