History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going do... - Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon

"History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up."

Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon History

Naturalist Scientist French 1707–1788

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