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title: "2 Vicomte de Valmont Quotes"
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# Vicomte de Valmont

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Les Liaisons dangereuses is a French epistolary novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, first published in four volumes by Durand Neveu on 23 March 1782. It was initially translated into English in 1812 and has since been widely recognized as one of the most important early French novels. It is also co

##  Quotes by Vicomte de Valmont

> [“Surely I've explained to you before how much I enjoy watching the battle between love and virtue.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vicomte-de-valmont/surely-i-ve-explained-to-you-before-how-much-i-enjoy-watching-the/)

[Vicomte de Valmont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vicomte-de-valmont/)

[Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/)

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> [What then have I done? What, except yield to a natural feeling, inspired by beauty, sanctioned by virtue and kept at all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vicomte-de-valmont/what-then-have-i-done-what-except-yield-to-a-natural-feeling-inspired/)

[Vicomte De Valmont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vicomte-de-valmont/)

[Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/)

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