A Quote by Marcel Proust
The duty and the task of a writer are those of an interpreter.
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Thought may well be ever ranging, And opinion ever changing, Task-work be, though ill begun, Dealt with by experience better; By the law and by the letter Duty done is duty done Do it, Time is on the wing!
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