Austrian Nobility - Marquis

Marquis

  • Gozeni di S. Giorgio (coming from the Austrian territories in northern Italy)

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Famous quotes containing the word marquis:

    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)

    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)