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Some are born to invent, others to embellish; but the gilder attracts more attention than the architect.

Jean de La Bruyère, Luc de Clapiers marquis de Vauvenargues (1903). “La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims”
Some are born to invent, others to embellish; but the gilder attracts more attention than the architect.