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Familiar Quotations

Note 801:6 — TRANSLATIONS. (continued 2)

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Voltaire writes to Madame du Deffand, January, 1764, that one of her bon-mots is quoted in the notes of "La Pucelle," canto 1: "Il n'y a que le premier pas qui coûte."

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