Vichy Quotes
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Vichy Quotes & Sayings
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The point of civilization is to be civilized; the purpose of action is to perpetuate society, for only in society can philosophy truly take place.
— Iain Pears
My heart and my hand shall never be separated.
— Samuel Richardson
Heed the still small voice that so seldom leads us wrong, and never into folly.
— Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand
There's something Vichy about the French.
— Ivor Novello
The Vichy government was under occupation and carried out the orders of the German occupier.
— Jean-Marie Le Pen
Vichy proves one thing: if you don't want to know how low your fellow citizens can fall, and crawl, don't lose a war.
— Frederic Raphael
Do I believe in ghosts? No, but I'm afraid of them.
— Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand
The distance doesn't matter; it is only the first step that is difficult.
— Mari De Vichy-Chamrond Marquise Du Deffand
The first step is the hardest.
— Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand
Impromptu thoughts are mental wild-flowers.
— Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand
I love nothing and that is the true cause of my ennui.
— Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand
From what I have seen, I am driven to the conclusion that religion is only good for good people ...
— Mary McCarthy
Rules of society are nothing; one's conscience is the umpire.
— Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand
Everything seems insupportable to me. This may very well be because I am insupportable myself.
— Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand
God is not more incomprehensible than you; but if he is not more just, it is hardly worth while beIieving in him.
— Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand
Sometimes people don't get a chance to say good-bye, Stag.
— Jacqueline Woodson
Let us strive to improve ourselves, for we cannot remain stationary; one either progresses or retrogrades.
— Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand
Faith is a devout belief in what one does not understand.
— Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand
His words are not the uncompromising utterances of politicians or the sanctimonious banalities that try to appease everyone's good conscience. Rather,
— Jose Angel N.
Ah! I shall repeat it endlessly, the only misfortune is to be born!
— Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand