Top 34 Quotes & Sayings by Margaret of Valois

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Margaret of Valois was a French princess of the Valois dynasty who became Queen of Navarre by marriage to Henry III of Navarre, then also Queen of France at her husband's 1589 accession to the latter throne as Henry IV.

French - Royalty | May 14, 1553 - March 27, 1615

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The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once, by holding out no hopes to her suitor.

Margaret of Valois

No one perfectly loves God who does not perfectly love some of his creatures.

Margaret of Valois

The more hidden the venom, the more dangerous it is.

Margaret of Valois

It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half taken.

Margaret of Valois

Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never.

Margaret of Valois

A woman of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself.

Margaret of Valois

Excitement is the drunkenness of the spirits. Only calm waters reflect heaven in their bosom.

Margaret of Valois

There is in us more of the appearance of sense and virtue than of the reality.

Margaret of Valois

Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and stretching the weak; making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools; favouring the passions, destroying reason, and in a word, turning everything topsy-turvy.

Margaret of Valois

Joy takes away from us the thoughts of our actions; sorrow it is that awakens the soul.

Margaret of Valois

Have a care lest the wrinkles in the face extend to the heart.

Margaret of Valois

envy and hatred fascinate the eyes and never make them see things as they are.

Margaret of Valois

We are always more disposed to laugh at nonsense than at genuine wit; because the nonsense is more agreeable to us, being more comfortable to our natures.

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Prudence advises us to use our enemies as if one day they might be friends.

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Science conducts us, step by step, through the whole range of creation, until we arrive, at length, at God.

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Adversity is solitary, while prosperity dwells in a crowd

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Extreme concupiscence may be found under extreme austerity.

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Temptations, like misfortunes, are sent to test our moral strength.

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It is only the educated who can produce or appreciate high art.

Margaret of Valois

Blushes cannot be counterfeited.

Margaret of Valois

Servitude is inherent; we are all slaves to duty or to force.

Margaret of Valois

Delicacy is the genuine tint of virtue.

Margaret of Valois

We shall all be perfectly virtuous when there is no longer any flesh on our bones.

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Bashfulness is not becoming to maidenhood, though modesty always is.

Margaret of Valois

God has put into the heart of man love and the boldness to sue, and into the heart of woman fear and the courage to refuse.

Margaret of Valois

There is no greater fool than the man who thinks himself wise; no one is wiser than he who suspects he is a fool.

Margaret of Valois

distrust ... is the beginning of hatred.

Margaret of Valois

The cup of joy is heaviest when empty.

Margaret of Valois

I should rejoice if my pleasures were as pleasing to God as they are to myself.

Margaret of Valois

Women suffer more from disappointment than men, because they have more of faith and are naturally more credulous.

Margaret of Valois

There are few husbands whom the wife cannot win in the long run, by patience and love.

Margaret of Valois

Mistrust is the sure forerunner of hatred.

Margaret of Valois

There are women so hard to please that it would seem as if nothing less than an angel would suit them; and hence it comes that they often encounter devils.

Margaret of Valois

Gold adulterates one thing only,--the human heart.

Margaret of Valois

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