mediocrats

Updated: May 19, 2025

Devoted to the game of cup-and-ball, the clerk of the court became possessed by another mania, that of composing an ode in honor of an amusement which amounted to a passion in the eighteenth century. Manias among mediocrats often run in couples. Gourdon junior gave birth to his poem during the reign of Napoleon.

Honoré de Balzac - Sons of the Soil