Marquis

Famous quotes containing the word marquis:

“Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them.”
—Luc, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–1747)

“One promises much, to avoid giving little.”
—Luc, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–1747)

“The art of newspaper paragraphing is to stroke a platitude until it purrs like an epigram.”
—Don Marquis (1878–1937)