César Guillaume de La Luzerne
Overview
 
César-Guillaume La Luzerne (1738, Paris-1821, Paris) was a French cardinal
Cardinal (Catholicism)
A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...

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He studied at the Collège de Navarre
Collège de Navarre
The College of Navarre was one of the colleges of the historic University of Paris, rivaling the Sorbonne and renowned for its library. It was founded by Queen Joan I of Navarre in 1305, who provided for three departments, the arts with 20 students, philosophy with 30 and theology with 20...

, and rose, through the influence of his kinsmen Lamoignon
Lamoignon
Lamoignon is the name of both an important French family and the town of their origin.*Guillaume de Lamoignon , lawyer*Nicolas de Lamoignon , Guillaume's second son, public official*Chrétien François de Lamoignon...

, to the See of Langres (1770), thus becoming duke and peer of France. In that capacity he took part in the Assemblée des Notables (1788) and in the Etats-Généraux (1789). The futility of his efforts to keep the "Constituante" within the limits of moderation caused him to withdraw from that body.

In 1791, he refused to take the constitutional oath and emigrated to Constance
Constance
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 and Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...

, where he gave hospitality to French exiles and wrote extensively.
Quotations

When harmony, mutual consideration and trust pass out of the home, hell enters in.

David O. McKay, Pathways To Happiness, (1957), p. 296.

More often than not the people that you happen to be related to are your best friends… You can never really turn away from them, and you will always defend them to the best of your ability, they are your greatest resource, and the greatest love will come from them... that is family.

Jerry Grant Blakeney

"In other words, I don't think people ought to be compelled to make the decision which they think is best for their family." — George W. Bush :—Washington, D.C., December 11, 2002

The family is always the family but during vacations it is an extended family and that is exhausting.

Gertrude_Stein|Stein, Gertrude. Paris France. New York: Liveright, 1970. (p. 107)

 
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