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Quote by Louis Aragon
The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty yea

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty years later. – Louis Aragon

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We know that the nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later. – Louis Aragon

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