“One has lived long enough if one has had time to win the love of women and the esteem of men.”

On a toujours assez vécu, quand on a eu le temps d’acquérir l’amour des femmes et l’estime des hommes.
Letter 79: Le Vicomte de Valmont to la Marquise de Merteuil. Trans. P.W.K. Stone (1961). http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Les_Liaisons_dangereuses_-_Lettre_79
Les liaisons dangereuses (1782)

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On a toujours assez vécu, quand on a eu le temps d’acquérir l’amour des femmes et l’estime des hommes.

Les Liaisons dangereuses, 1782, Vicomte de Valmont

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