“ But as the late- seventeenth-century philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz said, 'To be neutral is rather like someone who lives in the middle of a house and is smoked out from below and drenched with… Eleanor Herman
“ Yet she (Princess Diana) suffered one ancient lament of many princess brides--- her husband didn't love her, hadn't wanted to marry her, rarely slept with her, and far prefered his mistress. Eleanor Herman
“ When Marguerite (Marguerite-Louise of France, Grand Duchess of Tuscany), caught malaria, she claimed the royal family of Tuscany was trying to murder her, but that she would, in fact, rather die than… Eleanor Herman
“ In 1891, Princess Louisa of Tuscany married Prince Fredrick Augustus, the heir to to the Saxon throne. The Prince won Louisa over with his gentle manner and striking blond good looks. Yet years later,… Eleanor Herman
“ Potemkin suffered bitterly from having nothing left to want. For when dreams turn into reality, there is an empty spot where the dreams used to be, and Potemkin had no dreams left. Eleanor Herman
“ Her legacy is that of a woman who refused to conform to the misogynistic traditions of her time. Eleanor Herman
“ Even on the highest throne in the world, we are still sitting on our ass. —Michel de Montaigne O Eleanor Herman
“ Physicians recommended those suffering from hemorrhoids to stroke them with the amputated hand of a dead man—a strangely unpalatable image to ponder. Eleanor Herman
“ In the 1590s, physicians examining the corpse of King Henri IV’s twenty-six-year-old mistress agreed that she had, in fact, been killed by a corrupt lemon.320 Eleanor Herman
“ Alex looks around at Heph, at Diodotus, at handsome Telekles and round-faced Phrixos, Eleanor Herman
“ History offers us not a single recorded cell phone conversation between Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan in which His Most Christian Majesty wishes he were a tampon, or photos of Nell Gwynn sunbathin… Eleanor Herman
“ Boring, religious, and intellectually limited, Marie Leczinska was called one of the two dullest queens in Europe by her own father, the other dull queen being his wife. Marie Eleanor Herman
“ Hagnon fixes a value to everything. It occurs to Alexander that the man would probably sell his mother for an obol and consider it a deal. Eleanor Herman
“ Divine grace, Caravaggio shows us, is not reserved for the rich and powerful, but falls equally on the poor and humble. Eleanor Herman
“ Maimonides likewise recommended immediate vomiting after consuming suspect food and praised rooster dung as one of the most effective means to bring this about. It is said that excrements of roosters… Eleanor Herman
“ Because sometimes it doesn’t help to chase after the thing you want. No. Sometimes you have to wait, however long it takes, until what you want most comes to you. Eleanor Herman
