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THE MEMOIRS OF MARGUERITE DE VALOIS
By Maguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre
Adversity is solitary, while prosperity
dwells in a crowd
Comeliness of his person, which at all
times pleads powerfully
Envy and malice are self-deceivers
Everything in the world bore a double
aspect
From faith to action the bridge is
short
Hearsay liable to be influenced by
ignorance or malice
Honours and success are followed by
envy
Hopes they (enemies) should hereafter
become our friends
I should praise you more had you
praised me less
It is the usual frailty of our sex to
be fond of flattery
Lovers are not criminal in the
estimation of one another
Mistrust is the sure forerunner of
hatred
Much is forgiven to a king
Necessity is said to be the mother of
invention
Never approached any other man near
enough to know a difference
Not to repose too much confidence in
our friends
Parliament aided the King to expel the
Jesuits from France
Prefer truth to embellishment
Rather out of contempt, and because it
was good policy
Situated as I was betwixt fear and hope
The pretended reformed religion
The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day
The record of the war is as the smoke
of a furnace
There is too much of it for earnest,
and not enough for jest
Those who have given offence to hate
the offended party
To embellish my story I have neither
leisure nor ability
Troubles might not be lasting
Young girls seldom take much notice of
children
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