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He served as a military officer and military commander, and also held roles as an official, a journalist, and an inventor — a range of activities that situated him at the intersection of several public spheres in revolutionary and post-revolutionary France. His work as a prose writer and novelist, however, remained the dimension of his career for which he would be most closely identified. He wrote in the epistolary novel genre, constructing narratives through the exchange of letters, a form that allowed for the exploration of perspective and deception in ways that aligned with the social tensions of his era.\n\nHis novel Les Liaisons dangereuses, published in 1782, stands as the central achievement of his literary output and has been identified as his most notable work. The novel's appearance brought immediate attention to its author's skill in handling the mechanics of the epistolary form. 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if they are at least slower in their progress; it is not, as people think, from delicacy or timidity, but because the heart, surprised by an unknown sentiment, hesitates as it were at every step to enjoy the charm it feels, and because this charm is so powerful upon a fresh heart that it forgets every other pleasure.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":49,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":50},{},[],{"id":95,"quote_text":96,"author_id":5,"source_id":65,"has_image":66,"author":97,"source":98,"quote_tag":99,"commentary":50},3351136,"Love, hatred, you have only to choose; they all sleep under the same roof; you can double your existence, caress with one hand and strike with the other.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":49,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":50},{},[],{"id":101,"quote_text":102,"author_id":5,"source_id":65,"has_image":66,"author":103,"source":104,"quote_tag":105,"commentary":50},3351135,"Now I mention neglect, you resemble those who send regularly to inquire of the state of health of their sick friends, and who never concern themselves about the answer.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":49,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":50},{},[],{"id":107,"quote_text":108,"author_id":5,"source_id":65,"has_image":66,"author":109,"source":110,"quote_tag":111,"commentary":50},3351134,"I had to flatter them the whole evening to appease them; 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