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)