Madame du Deffand Quotes

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Vanity ruins more women than love.
— Madame du Deffand Lettres à Voltaire

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Women are too imaginative to have much power of reasoning.
— Madame du Deffand

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The distance is nothing; it is only the first step which counts.
— Madame du Deffand
Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weaknesses.