Thanks for that Steven. So it is attributable to Voltaire and Racine as well as Santeuil?

I was quite intrigued by this quotation when I first read it as it is quite profound and Junot is mainly known as a fighting man, womaniser and occasional hellraiser. Apparently he was well educated but rarely made use of his intellectual gifts and his more violent exploits have, unsurprisingly, received far more attention.

Regards,

Dave