Monday smile – Eloquent silence

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A French smile today…

Poète et dramaturge illustre de la Restauration, admiré par Victor Hugo, Alexandre Soumet disait de son gendre Beuvain d’Altenheim, linguiste reputé et peu loquace :

C’est un homme de mérite : il se tait en sept langues.

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