Famous quotes containing the words marquis de, marquis and/or mirabeau:
“Obscurity is the realm of error.”
—Luc, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–1747)
“every cloud
has its silver
lining but it is
sometimes a little
difficult to get it to
the mint”
—Don Marquis (1878–1937)
“To administer is to govern: to govern is to reign. That is the essence of the problem.”
—Honoré Gabriel Riquet, Comte De Mirabeau (1749–1791)