“Nothing inspires more courage in a woman than fearlessness in the man she loves.”

Rien n'est plus capable d'inspirer du courage à une femme que l'intrépidité d'un homme qu'elle aime.
Part 2, p. 227; translation p. 132.
L'Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut (1731)

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Rien n'est plus capable d'inspirer du courage à une femme que l'intrépidité d'un homme qu'elle aime.

L'Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut (1731)

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