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Chivalry Quote by Stephen Leacock

“Modern critics, who refuse to let a plain thing alone,…” quote by Stephen Leacock
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“Modern critics, who refuse to let a plain thing alone, have now started a theory that Cervantes's work is a vast piece of "symbolism." If so, Cervantes didn't know it himself and nobody thought of it for three hundred years. He meant it as a satire upon the silly romances of chivalry.”

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