Pierre Marc Gaston de Lévis, Duke of Lévis Quotes
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Reflection increases the vigor of the mind, as exercise does the strength of the body.
Pierre Marc Gaston de Lévis, Duke of Lévis
Sensitive people wish to be loved; vain people wish only to be preferred.
Pierre Marc Gaston de Lévis, Duke of Lévis
Since Cupid is represented with a torch in his hand, why did they place virtue on a barrel of gunpowder?
Pierre Marc Gaston de Lévis, Duke of Lévis
How many could be made happy with the happiness lost in this world.
Pierre Marc Gaston de Lévis, Duke of Lévis
When flattery is unsuccessful, it is but the fault of the flatterer.
Pierre Marc Gaston de Lévis, Duke of Lévis
It is easy to find a lover and to retain a friend: what is difficult is to find the friend and to retain the lover.
Pierre Marc Gaston de Lévis, Duke of Lévis
To talk in a tête-à-tête of the mysteries of love, is to play with fire on a barrel of gunpowder.
Pierre Marc Gaston de Lévis, Duke of Lévis
To judge of the real importance of an individual, one should think of the effect his death would produce.
Pierre Marc Gaston de Lévis, Duke of Lévis
