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)