Gontran de Poncins

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Gontran de Poncins


Born
in Château de Montaigne, Perigord, France
August 19, 1900

Died
September 01, 1962

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Jean-Pierre Gontran de Montaigne, vicomte de Poncins, who used the nom-de-plume "Gontran De Poncins", was a French writer. He was the direct lineal descendant of a much more famous French writer- Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592). ...more

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“The French have a wonderful word, farouche, which in one acceptance means “shy, wary, untamed.” It has an animal connotation and refers to instinctive reflexes. There are girls who will not allow a man to put an arm about them, though they have affectionate natures. There are men who cock a suspicious eye at an innocent question, raise a shoulder in defense against the approach of a stranger, yet are warm of heart and hungry for companionship. Poncins was of this tribe.”
Gontran de Poncins, Kabloona

“And as for myself, I tell you, I have had too much luck these last years. Do you believe that a man's luck can run forever? I know that it can't. For myself, I must somehow erect a bulwark against the ill fortune that is certain.”
Gontran De Poncins, Kabloona
tags: luck

“I was at peace with myself; and surely of all things in the world the rarest is a civilized man at peace with himself.”
Gontran de Poncins, Kabloona

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