"La distance n'y fait rien; il n'y a que le premier pas qui coûte."
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January 1, 1970

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Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand, letter to d'Alembert, July 7, 1763. See also Edward Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Chapter XXXIX. N. 100. Phrase "C'est le premier pas qui coûte" attributed to Cardinal Polignac.