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Edmond About Quotes

Type:
Novelist Quotes
Category:
French Novelist Quotes
Date of Birth:
February 14, 1828
Date of Death:
January 16, 1885
Nationality:
French
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Edmond About

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But as the Pope has a long arm, which might reach me in France, I have gone a little out of the way to tell him the plain truths contained in these pages.
Edmond About

I fight fairly, and in good faith.
Edmond About

I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of exposing them to danger.
Edmond About

It was in the Papal States that I studied the Roman Question. I traveled over every part of the country; I conversed with men of all opinions, examined things very closely, and collected my information on the spot.
Edmond About

Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle.
Edmond About


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