Oh, the shame that I suffer now . . . the shame of a vanquished King. And those were the last words of Henry Plantagenet.
To love was the greatest adventure life had to offer; but to love was to suffer.
His dearest wish was that he could have a quiet life free from his obligations.
Only by judging the Borgias against their own times can they arouse our sympathy, and only if they arouse our sympathy can they be understood. Below
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He embraced me before them all, and he cried: 'Let every man favor his own doctor. This Dr. Colet is the doctor for me....
Think the Princess should read the New Testament both night and morning, and also certain selected portions of the Old Testament. She must become fully conversant with the gospels. She should, I belie...
I was always amused by the prayers of the saintly. God do this, God don’t do that. I thought God probably laughed at them too, unless He was a little annoyed by their temerity.
At four years of age children accept without surprise that which is daily paraded before their eyes
For fortune delights to strike down those who are too high and to raise those who are low; and if we do not anticipate trouble, should it come, we shall face it with greater fortitude.
What was the good of restrained laughter; it made a mockery of the entire practice of laughing.
Trust Anne to turn a disadvantage into an asset!
She took his hand and kissed it fervently. I can never thank you enough for all you have given me. You snatched me from the dark pit of despair, of horror, and you set me here in the sunshine.
People always grumbled. If things went well they wanted them to go better. Give them comfort and they wanted luxuries.
She doubted not that in time she would grow as indifferent as others to these matters; but there was a softness within her which made it difficult for her. She must conform. She must be like those who...
People often vented their rage on those who were the victims of their neglect because they were in truth blaming themselves.
What a good thing it is to have in this world one person of whom who need not cherish the smallest fear!
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