Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Edmond About

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a French novelist Edmond About.
Last updated on December 25, 2024.
Edmond About

Edmond François Valentin About was a French novelist, publicist and journalist.

I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of exposing them to danger.
It was in the Papal States that I studied the Roman Question. I traveled over every part of the country; I conversed with men of all opinions, examined things very closely, and collected my information on the spot.
But as the Pope has a long arm, which might reach me in France, I have gone a little out of the way to tell him the plain truths contained in these pages. — © Edmond About
But as the Pope has a long arm, which might reach me in France, I have gone a little out of the way to tell him the plain truths contained in these pages.
Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle.
I fight fairly, and in good faith.
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