Edmond Francois Valentin About Professions : Novelist Born : February 14, 1828 Died : January 16, 1885 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by Edmond Francois Valentin About It was in the Papal States that I studied the Roman Question. I traveled over every part of the country; I conversed with men of all opinions, examined things very closely, and collected my information on the spot. Edmond Francois Valentin About information men country It has long been noticed that juries are pitiless for robbery and full of indulgence for infanticide. A question of interest, my dear Sir! The jury is afraid of being robbed and has passed the age when it could be a victim of infanticide. Edmond Francois Valentin About victim age long Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle. Edmond Francois Valentin About life-is-like marriage battle But as the Pope has a long arm, which might reach me in France, I have gone a little out of the way to tell him the plain truths contained in these pages. Edmond Francois Valentin About gone long hands I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of exposing them to danger. Edmond Francois Valentin About enlightened names talking I fight fairly, and in good faith. Edmond Francois Valentin About good-faith fighting At about six in the morning of July 3, 1860, while I was watering my petunias, and thinking of nothing in particular, I perceived coming towards me, a tall, beardless, fair-haired young fellow, wearing a German cap and gold-rimmed spectacles. Edmond Francois Valentin About morning book thinking Similar Authors Adam Johnson novelist Ivan Goncharov novelist Binnie Kirshenbaum novelist Bruce Jay Friedman novelist Buchi Emecheta novelist Bryce Courtenay novelist All Authors