[On the legend that after being beheaded St. Denis walked six miles with his head in his hands:] It is only the first step that is difficult. — Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand Copy Share Image
God is not more incomprehensible than you; but if he is not more just, it is hardly worth while beIieving in him. — Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand Copy Share Image
Faith is a devout belief in what one does not understand. — Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand Copy Share Image
[On the legend that after being beheaded St. Denis walked six miles with his head in his hands:] It is only the first step… — Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand Copy Share Image
I love nothing and that is the true cause of my ennui. — Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand Copy Share Image
Ah! I shall repeat it endlessly, the only misfortune is to be born! — Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand Copy Share Image
Heed the still small voice that so seldom leads us wrong, and never into folly. — Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand Copy Share Image
. . . everything seems insupportable to me. This may very well be because I am insupportable myself. — Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand Copy Share Image
Do I believe in ghosts? No, but I'm afraid of them. — Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand Copy Share Image
Impromptu thoughts are mental wild-flowers. — Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand Copy Share Image
I hear nothings, I speak nothings, I take interest in nothing and from nothing to nothing I travel gently down the dull way which… — Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand Copy Share Image
Rules of society are nothing; one's conscience is the umpire. — Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand Copy Share Image
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