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Madame Du Deffand
11 quotes
“La distance n'y fait rien; il n'y a que le premier pas qui coûte.”
Madame du Deffand (1696–1780) first seen 1763 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Comment on the legend told by the Cardinal de Polignac that St. Denis, carrying his head in his hands, walked two leagues. Letter to Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (7 July 1763). Voltaire wrote to Madame du Deffand (January 17…
“Il a inventé l'histoire.”
Madame du Deffand (1696–1780) said by 1780 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Referring to Voltaire; quoted in Édouard Fournier, L'esprit dans l'histoire: Recherches et curiosités sur les mots historiques, third edition (1879), ch. XLVII (p. 306)
“All truths are not to be uttered; still it is always good to hear them.”
Madame du Deffand (1696–1780) said by 1780 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Women are too imaginative and sensitive to have much logic.”
Madame du Deffand (1696–1780) said by 1780 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Vanity ruins more women than love.”
Madame du Deffand (1696–1780) said by 1780 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weakness.”
Madame du Deffand (1696–1780) said by 1780 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Old acquaintances are better than new friends.”
Madame du Deffand (1696–1780) said by 1780 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One is no more the master of his impressions than of his coughing or sneezing.”
Madame du Deffand (1696–1780) said by 1780 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Shallow men speak of the past, wise men of the present, and fools of the future.”
Madame du Deffand (1696–1780) said by 1780 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We all drink at the spring of happiness in a fractured vase: when it reaches our lips, there is almost nothing left in it.”
Madame du Deffand (1696–1780) said by 1780 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He [Voltaire] has invented history. It is only the first step which costs.”
Madame Du Deffand (1697–1784) said by 1784 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source