"C'est au four, & au moulin, ou l'on sç ait des nouvelles"
this French proverb from 1611 can be roughly translated:
"For while the bread bakes, and the corn grinds,
people have some leisure to tell how the world goes."
this French proverb from 1611 can be roughly translated:
"For while the bread bakes, and the corn grinds,
people have some leisure to tell how the world goes."

photo from NYT
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