How many deserters there are from the rigours of virtue, how few from the cause of love! - Antoine François Prévost

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How many deserters there are from the rigours of virtue, how few from the cause of love!

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About Antoine François Prévost

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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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.

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