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Edmond About [1828-1885] French
Rank: 105
Novelist


 Marriage


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Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle.  Marriage
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It was in the Papal States that I studied the Roman Question. I traveled over every part of the country; I conversed with men of all opinions, examined things very closely, and collected my information on the spot. 
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I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of exposing them to danger. 
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I fight fairly, and in good faith. 
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But as the Pope has a long arm, which might reach me in France, I have gone a little out of the way to tell him the plain truths contained in these pages. 
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