didot's

Updated: June 29, 2025

If he, a poor, ignorant working man, had made his way, Didot's apprentice should do still better. Besides, had not David been earning money, thanks to an education paid for by the sweat of his old father's brow? Now surely was the time when the education would come in useful. "What have you done with your 'polls?" he asked, returning to the charge.

Honoré de Balzac - Two Poets