Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (5 February 1626 – 17 April 1696) was a French aristocrat, remembered for her letter-writing. Most of her letters, celebrated for their wit and vividness, were addressed to her daughter.
Quotes
Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations
- Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922).
- L'ingratitude attire les reproches comme la reconnaissance attire de nouveaux bienfaits.
- Ingratitude calls forth reproaches as gratitude brings renewed kindnesses.
- Lettres.
- Il n'y a personne qui ne soit dangereux pour quelqu'un.
- There is no person who is not dangerous for some one.
- Lettres.
- Fortune is always on the side of the largest battalions.
- Letters, 202.
- Ah! comme vous dites, il faut glisser sur bien des pensées, et ne faire pas semblant de les voir.
- Ah! as you say, we should slip over many thoughts and act as though we did not perceive them.
- Lettres, 70.
- La mode d'aimer Racine passera comme la mode du café.
- The fashion of liking Racine will pass away like that of coffee.
- According to Voltaire, Letters (Jan. 29, 1690), who connected two remarks of hers to make the phrase; one from a letter March 16, 1679, the other, March 10, 1672. La Harpe reduced the mot to "Racine passera comme le café?"