On the day when a young writer corrects his first proof-sheet he is as proud as a schoolboy who has just got his first dose of pox. (Charles Baudelaire)

On the day when a young writer corrects his first proof-sheet he is as proud as a schoolboy who has just got his first dose of pox.

Charles Baudelaire

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