Either you have a rival or you don't. If you have one, you must set out to please, so as to be preferred to him. If you don't have one, you must still please so as to obviate the possibility of having one.


Les liaisons dangereuses (1782)

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Quotes

Either you have a rival or you don't. If you have one, you must set out to please, so as to be preferred to him. If you don't have one, you must...

Either you have a rival or you don't. If you have one, you must set out to please, so as to be preferred to him. If you don't have one, you must...

Either you have a rival or you don't. If you have one, you must set out to please, so as to be preferred to him. If you don't have one, you must...

Either you have a rival or you don't. If you have one, you must set out to please, so as to be preferred to him. If you don't have one, you must...