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2 Quotes for 'Madame Marie Anne du Deffand' in the Database.
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Madame Marie Anne du Deffand Quotes
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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.]
Topic: Beginnings
Source: Letter to d'Alembert
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What more would you have? He has invented history.
[Fr., Que voulez-vous de plus? Il a invente l'histoire.]
Topic: History
Source: said of Voltaire, who was accused by critics of lack of invention
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