A quotation from Mme de Sévigné
Fortune is always on the side of the largest battalions.
[La fortune est toujours pour les gros bataillons]
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sévigné (1626-1696) French aristocrat, woman of letters [Madame de Sévigné, Mme de Sévigné]
Letter (1673-12-22) to Mme. de Grignan [ed. Hoyt and Ward (1896), No. 202]
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Letter (1673-12-22) to Mme. de Grignan [ed. Hoyt and Ward (1896), No. 202] - Sevigne, Mme. | WIST Quotations
Fortune is always on the side of the largest battalions. [La fortune est toujours pour les gros bataillons] (Source (French), No. 118). Other translations: Fortune generally declares in favor of numerous battalions. [Source (1811), No.Dave (WIST Quotations)