Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Madame de La Fayette

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a French writer Madame de La Fayette.

Last updated on September 18, 2024.

Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, Comtesse de La Fayette, better known as Madame de La Fayette, was a French writer; she authored La Princesse de Clèves, France's first historical novel and one of the earliest novels in literature.

French - Writer | March 18, 1634 - May 25, 1693

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Most mothers think that to keep young people away from love-making it is enough never to speak of it in their presence.

Madame de La Fayette

You love writing; I hate it; and if I had a lover who expected a note from me every morning, I should certainly break with him. Let me beg you then not to measure my friendship by my writing.

Madame de La Fayette