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There is in us more of the appearance of sense and virtue than of the reality.

Margaret of Valois

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Margaret of Valois
Age: 61 †
Born: 1553
Born: May 14
Died: 1615
Died: March 27
Queen Of Navarre
Salonnière
Writer
St. Germain-en-Laye
Marguerite de Valois
Marguerite d'Angoulême
Marguerite of Valois
Marguerite of Navarre
Queen Margot
Appearance
Virtue
Sense
Reality

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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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A woman of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself.
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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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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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Gold adulterates one thing only,--the human heart.
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I should rejoice if my pleasures were as pleasing to God as they are to myself.
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Women suffer more from disappointment than men, because they have more of faith and are naturally more credulous.
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Extreme concupiscence may be found under extreme austerity.
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Servitude is inherent we are all slaves to duty or to force.
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distrust ... is the beginning of hatred.
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Adversity is solitary, while prosperity dwells in a crowd
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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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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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Bashfulness is not becoming to maidenhood, though modesty always is.
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We shall all be perfectly virtuous when there is no longer any flesh on our bones.
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Delicacy is the genuine tint of virtue.
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The more hidden the venom, the more dangerous it is.
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No one perfectly loves God who does not perfectly love some of his creatures.
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Prudence advises us to use our enemies as if one day they might be friends.
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envy and hatred fascinate the eyes and never make them see things as they are.
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