"Hay palabras que suben como el humo, y otras que caen como la lluvia". (Madame de Sévigné)

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5 February 1626, birth of Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sévigné, who is remembered for her witty and vivid letters and one of the great icons of French 17th-century literature.

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Here's a to keep you going till I get there...
"If you are not feeling well, if you have not slept, chocolate will revive you. But you have no chocolate! I think of that again and again! My dear, how will you ever manage?"
- Marquise de Sévigné
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Born in French aristocrat & writer (1626-96), marquise de Sévigné

Portrait by an Unknown Artist, 17th Century

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Born in French aristocrat & writer (1626-96), marquise de Sévigné

Portrait by an Unknown Artist, 17th Century


Château de Bussy-Rabutin

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Il a participé à près de 50 combats navals. En tant que
commandant en chef de la flotte des Provinces Unies, il a par deux fois sauvé son pays de l'invasion.

Il meurt le 29 avril 1676.

Madame de Sévigné dira de lui : « Ruyter est le dieu des combats ».

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Born in 1626: French aristocrat & writer: Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, (1626-96)

Portrait after Louis Ferdinand Elle the Elder (1612-89), 17th Century

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Born in 1626: French aristocrat & writer: Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, (1626-96)

Portrait by (1632-75), ca. 1665

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☄️17 December 1664: Mme de Sévigné writes that a comet had been seen for four nights. At first, only women had seen it and were laughed at, but then the men saw it and it became a matter of great interest. One of those who sat up into the early hours to view it was d'Artagnan.

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慌ただしい12月、
ホットドリンクでちょっと一息いれませんか?


It flatters you for a while, it warms you for an instant;
then all of a sudden, it kindles a mortal fever in you.
—Marie, Marquise de Sévigné

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Connaîtrions nous Madame de Sévigné , si elle avait eu le téléphone ? ( Raymond Devos)

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