The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds, by George de la Tour, c. 1635. Louvre Museum, Paris.
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Vladimir Nabokov referred to Thomas Mann once as a “quack” and to Ezra Pound as “that total fake.”
If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little.
—Mobutu Sese Seko, 1991
