Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné

Il n'y a personne qui ne soit dangereux pour quelqu'un.

There is no person who is not dangerous for some one.

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.

Misattributed

• 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."

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné on Wikipedia