We live with [our defects] as we do with the perfumes that … - Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles

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We live with [our defects] as we do with the perfumes that we wear, we do not smell them ; they only incommode others. (p. 195).

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Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles (1647 – 12 July 1733), better known as the Marquise de Lambert, was a writer with a particular interest in education and was the hostess of a famous salon.

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Alternative Names: Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles • Marquise de Lambert • Anne Theresa Lambert

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We live with [our defects] as we do with the perfumes that we wear, we do not smell them ; they only incommode others. (p. 195). - Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles

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