Sabes muy bien que soy orgullosa... ¡Ah! ¡El orgullo es mi desgracia, lo confieso! ¿Me ha robado la mariscala de Fervaques tu corazón? ¿Ha hecho por … - Stendhal

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

It should be explained that the cure of Verrieres, an old man of eighty, but blessed by the keen air of his mountains with an iron character and strength, had the right to visit at any hour of the day the prison, the hospital, and even the poorhouse. It was at six o'clock in the morning precisely that M. Appert, who was armed with an introduction to the cure from Paris, had had the good sense to arrive in an inquisitive little town. He had gone at once to the presbytery.

The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.