The portrait I have to paint is of…an ambiguous character, … - Antoine François Prévost

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The portrait I have to paint is of…an ambiguous character, a mixture of virtues and vices, a perpetual contrast between good impulses and bad actions.

Antoine François Prévost

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Antoine-François Prévost d'Exiles (April 1 1697 – November 25 1763), also known as the Abbé Prévost, was a French novelist, historian and journalist. His best-known story, L'Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut, has formed the basis of several operas, most notably Puccini's Manon Lescaut.

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Alternative Names: Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles • Abbé Prévost • l'abbé Prévost • Abbe Prevost • Antoine-François, Abbé Prévost d’Exiles

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Nothing is more wonderful, or honours virtue more, than the confidence with which we turn to people whose probity we have long been acquainted with.

On ne peut réfléchir sur les precepts de la morale sans être étonné de les voir tout à la fois estimés et négligés; et l'on se demande la raison de cette bizarrerie du cœur humain, qui lui fait goûter des idées de bien et de perfection dont il s'éloigne dans la pratique.

Nothing inspires more courage in a woman than fearlessness in the man she loves.

The portrait I have to paint is of…an ambiguous character, a mixture of virtues and vices, a perpetual contrast between good impulses and bad actions. - Antoine François Prévost

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