What more would you have? He has invented history. [Fr., Que voulez-vous de plus? Il a invente l'histoire.]

History Quotes, by Madame Marie Anne du Deffand , Source: said of Voltaire, who was accused by critics of lack of invention

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The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that costs. [Fr., La distance n'y fait rien; il n'y a que le premier pas qui coute.]

Beginnings Quotes, by Madame Marie Anne du Deffand , Source: Letter to d'Alembert

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