Born Quote by Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand

“Ah! I shall repeat it endlessly, the only misfortune is to be born!”

Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand

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Heed the still small voice that so seldom leads us wrong, and never into folly.

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. . . everything seems insupportable to me. This may very well be because I am insupportable myself.

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Do I believe in ghosts? No, but I'm afraid of them.

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The first step is the hardest.

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Rules of society are nothing; one's conscience is the umpire.

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