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Famous quotes containing the word marquis:

    “By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders, there is little else about him worth knowing.”
    —Don Marquis (1878–1937)

    “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)