Margaret of Valois Quotes
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Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and stretching the weak; making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools; favouring the passions, destroying reason, and in a word, turning everything topsy-turvy.
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There is no greater fool than the man who thinks himself wise; no one is wiser than he who suspects he is a fool.
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There are few husbands whom the wife cannot win in the long run, by patience and love.
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I should rejoice if my pleasures were as pleasing to God as they are to myself.
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Science conducts us, step by step, through the whole range of creation, until we arrive, at length, at God.
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It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half taken.
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Excitement is the drunkenness of the spirits. Only calm waters reflect heaven in their bosom.
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Delicacy is the genuine tint of virtue.
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distrust ... is the beginning of hatred.
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The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once, by holding out no hopes to her suitor.
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Have a care lest the wrinkles in the face extend to the heart.
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God has put into the heart of man love and the boldness to sue, and into the heart of woman fear and the courage to refuse.
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Adversity is solitary, while prosperity dwells in a crowd
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Blushes cannot be counterfeited.
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The cup of joy is heaviest when empty.
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Servitude is inherent; we are all slaves to duty or to force.
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A woman of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself.
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We shall all be perfectly virtuous when there is no longer any flesh on our bones.
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No one perfectly loves God who does not perfectly love some of his creatures.
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Extreme concupiscence may be found under extreme austerity.
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There are women so hard to please that it would seem as if nothing less than an angel would suit them; and hence it comes that they often encounter devils.
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Gold adulterates one thing only,--the human heart.
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Bashfulness is not becoming to maidenhood, though modesty always is.
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envy and hatred fascinate the eyes and never make them see things as they are.
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Temptations, like misfortunes, are sent to test our moral strength.
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The more hidden the venom, the more dangerous it is.
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Joy takes away from us the thoughts of our actions; sorrow it is that awakens the soul.
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Prudence advises us to use our enemies as if one day they might be friends.
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We are always more disposed to laugh at nonsense than at genuine wit; because the nonsense is more agreeable to us, being more comfortable to our natures.
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It is only the educated who can produce or appreciate high art.
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