Great Throughts Treasury

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Louis de Rouvroy, Duc de Saint-Simon, aka Duc de Saint-Simon

French Writer, Soldier, Diplomat, Public and Private Counselor to the Regent, Philippe II d'Orléans

"The golden age is before us, not behind us."

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"I have always thought that if I had been allowed to read history more constantly, instead of losing my time in studies for which I had no aptness, I might ave made some figure in the world."

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