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Updated: October 28, 2026
"Concevoir," said Balzac, "c'est jouir, c'est fumer des cigarettes enchantées; mais sans l'exécution tout s'en va en rêve et en fumée." Quoted by Sainte-Beuve, Causeries du Lundi, vol. ii. p. 353. See Vol. II., Revival of Learning, p. 128, 129. It was finished, according to Fra Paciolo, in 1498.