Top 2 Quotes & Sayings by Claudine Guerin de Tencin

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a French author Claudine Guerin de Tencin.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Claudine Guerin de Tencin

Claudine Alexandrine Guérin de Tencin, Baroness of Saint-Martin-de-Ré was a French salonist and author. She was the mother of Jean le Rond d'Alembert, who later became a prominent mathematician, philosophe and contributor to the Encyclopédie, though she left him on the steps of the Saint-Jean-le-Rond de Paris church a few days after his birth.

Never refuse any advance of friendship, for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one alone may repay you. — © Claudine Guerin de Tencin
Never refuse any advance of friendship, for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one alone may repay you.
One great mistake made by intelligent people is to refuse to believe that the world is as stupid as it is.
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