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PAUL PELISSON (PELEISSON OR PELLISSON) FONTANIER French litterateur (1624 - 1693) Fast closed with double grills   And triple gates--the cell     To wicked souls is hell;       But to a mind that's innocent         'Tis only iron, wood and stone.           [Fr., Doubles grilles a gros cloux,             Triples portes, forts verroux,               Aux ames vraiment mechantes                 Vous representez l'enfer;                   Mais aux ames innocentes                     Vous n'etes que du bois, des pierres, du fer.]       - Written on the walls of his cell in the Bastile,         about 1661 [Prison] Last Revised: 2008 June 30 Copyright © 1999-2008 John C. Shepard. All Rights Reserved. The GIGA name and logo are trademarks registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by John C. Shepard.  WWW.GIGA-USA.COM     Back to Top of Page

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