It was said of him that he had once been for a short time in Bedlam; they had done him the honour to take him for a madman, but had set him free on discovering that he was only a poet.
[On contait de lui qu’il avait été jadis un peu enfermé à Bedlam ; on lui avait fait l’honneur de le prendre pour un insensé, mais on l’avait relâché, s’apercevant qu’il n’était qu’un poëte.]
Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French writer
The Man Who Laughs [L’Homme qui rit; The Laughing Man; By Order of the King], Part 1, Book 0, ch. 1 (1.0.1) (1869) [tr. Unknown (1869)]
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Hugo, Victor - The Man Who Laughs [L'Homme qui rit; The Laughing Man; By Order of the King], Part 1, Book 0, ch. 1 (1.0.1) (1869) [tr. Unknown. (1869)] | WIST Quotations
It was said of him that he had once been for a short time in Bedlam; they had done him the honour to take him for a madman, but had set him free on discovering that he was only a poet. [On contait de lui qu’il avait été jadis un…WIST Quotations