French - Royalty | November 2, 1755 - October 16, 1793
Let them eat cake.
Marie Antoinette
BirthdayCakeEatThem
I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long.
MotherAloneChildrenWifeQueenMe
It would be doing me great injustice to think that I have any feeling of indifference to my country; I have more reason than anyone to feel, every day of my life, the value of the blood which flows in my veins, and it is only from prudence that at times I abstain from showing how proud I am of it.
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You can be assured that I need no one's guidance in anything concerning propriety.
YouNeedGuidanceAnythingPropriety
No harm will come to me. The Assembly is prepared to treat us leniently.
MeTreatWillUsComeHarm
It is true I am rather taken up with dress; but as to feathers, every one wears them, and it would seem extraordinary if I did not.
I AmDressFeathersTrueUpSeem
My mother sees things but from the distance; she does not weigh them in regard to my position, and she judges me too harshly. But she is my mother, who loves me dearly; and when she speaks, I can only bow my head.
MotherMeI CanDistanceJudgesShe
I have seen all, I have heard all, I have forgotten all.
ForgottenSeenHeard
The king is full of kindnesses toward me, and I love him tenderly. But it is pitiable to see his weakness for Madame du Barri, who is the silliest and most impertinent creature that it is possible to conceive.
LoveKingMeWeaknessPossibleSee
I feel more and more, every day of my life, how much my dear mamma has done for my establishment. I was the youngest of all her daughters, and she has treated me as if I were the eldest, so that my whole soul is filled with the most tender gratitude.
LifeGratitudeDaySoulMeMy Life
There is nothing new except what has been forgotten.
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Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?
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