Either you have a rival or you don't. If you have one, you must set out to please, so as to be preferred to him. If you don't have one, you must stil… - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

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Either you have a rival or you don't. If you have one, you must set out to please, so as to be preferred to him. If you don't have one, you must still please so as to obviate the possibility of having one.

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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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