Vincent Voiture Quotes
Fortune is a great deceiver. She sells very dear the things she seems to give us.
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| Birth: | 24th February, 1597 |
| Death: | 26th May, 1648 |
| Nationality: | French |
| Profession: | Poet |
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Vincent Voiture, French poet, was the son of a rich merchant of Amiens. He was introduced by a schoolfellow, the count Claude d'Avaux, to Gaston, Duke of Orléans, and accompanied him to Brussels and Lorraine on diplomatic missions.
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