July 5, 2023

Quote for Today

"La distance n'y fait rien; it n'y a que le premier pas qui cotite."     

"The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that is difficult."

Mme Du Deffand

Marie de Vichy-Chamrond (1697-1780)

French literary hostess

Commenting on the legend that St. Denis

carryied his head in his hands

and walked two leagues.

Letter to Jean Le Rond d'Alembert,  July 7, 1763.

in Gaston Maugras Trois mois ala cour de Frederic (1886)