Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon

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Last updated on April 19, 2025.

Françoise d'Aubigné, known first as Madame Scarron and subsequently as Madame de Maintenon, was a French noblewoman who secretly married King Louis XIV. Although she was never considered queen of France, she was one of the King's closest advisers and the royal children's governess. In 1684, she founded the Maison royale de Saint-Louis, a school for girls from poorer noble families.

November 27, 1635 - April 15, 1719

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Pleasure and pain, the good and the bad, are so intermixed that we can not shun the one without depriving ourselves of the other.

Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon

It is with many enterprises as with striking fire; we do not meet with success except by reiterated efforts, and often at the instant when we despaired of success.

Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon