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Fortune is always on the side of the largest battalions.

— Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné

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L'ingratitude attire les reproches comme la reconnaissance attire de nouveaux bienfaits.

There is no person who is not dangerous for some one.

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

Ah! as you say, we should slip over many thoughts and act as though we did not perceive them.

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