Famous quotes containing the words marquis de and/or marquis:
“The things we know best are the things we haven’t been taught.”
—Luc, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–1747)
“Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them.”
—Luc, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–1747)