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Marie Antoinette Quotes

You have doubtless heard, my dear mother, the misfortune of Madame de Chartres, whose child is born dead. But I would rather have even that, terrible as it is, than be as I am without hope of any children.

Marie Antoinette

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: royalty
Nationality: french
Birth: November 2, 1755 - October 16, 1793

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