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Quotes by Mme. de Sévigné

4 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

La reconnaissance est la mémoire du cœur. Gratitude is the memory of the heart. t. MASSIEU to the ABBÉ SICARD. L'ingratitude attire les reproches comme 18 reconnaissance attire de nouveaux bienfaits. Ingratitude calls forth reproaches as grati tude brings renewed kindnesses.— filed under Gratitude

Fortune is always on the side of the largest battalions.— filed under Success

Ah! comme vous dites, il faut glisser sur bien des pensées, et ne pas faire semblant de les voir. Ah! as you say, we should slip over many thoughts and act as though we did not perceive them.— filed under Thought

Il n'y a personne qui ne soit dangereux pour quelqu'un. There is no person who is not dangerous for some one.— filed under Danger