J’ai été étonné du plaisir qu’on éprouve en faisant le bien. - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

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J’ai été étonné du plaisir qu’on éprouve en faisant le bien.

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

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About Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos (18 October 1741 – 5 September 1803) was a French novelist, official and army general. He is chiefly remembered for his epistolary novel, Les liaisons dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons).

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Alternative Names: Pierre-Ambroise-François Choderlos de Laclos • Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos de Laclos • Choderlos de Laclos

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Le scélérat a ses vertus, comme l'honnête homme a ses faiblesses.

The scoundrel has his good qualities, and the good man his weaknesses.

Success, which is not always a proof of merit, depends more often on the choice of a subject than on its execution.