Famous quotes containing the words marquis and/or title:
“To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die.”
—Luc, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–1747)
“Now that the steam engine rules the world, a title is an absurdity, still I am all dressed up in this title. It will crush me if I do not support it. The title attracts attention to myself.”
—Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)