My dear mamma is quite right when she says that we must lay down principles and not depart from them. The king will not have the same weaknesses as his grandfather. I hope that he will have no favorites; but I am afraid that he is too mild and too easy. You may depend upon it that I will not… — Marie Antoinette Copy Share
No harm will come to me. The Assembly is prepared to treat us leniently. — Marie Antoinette Copy Share Image
When everyone else is losing their heads, it is important to keep yours. — Marie Antoinette Copy Share Image
Qu'ils mangent de la brioche. Let them eat cake. On being told that her people had no bread. Attributed to Marie-Antoinette, but remark is much older. Rousseau refers in his Confessions, 1740, to a similar remark, as a well-known saying. Others attribute the remark to the wife of Louis XIV. — Marie Antoinette Copy Share
You have doubtless heard, my dear mother, the misfortune of Madame de Chartres, whose child is born dead. But I would rather have even… — Marie Antoinette Copy Share Image
Your Majesty may rest assured about my conduct towards the Comtesse de Provence; I will certainly try and gain her friendship and confidence, without… — Marie Antoinette Copy Share Image
one's enjoyment is doubled when one can share it with a friend - and where can one find a more affectionate, a more intimate… — Marie Antoinette Copy Share Image
You can be assured that I need no one's guidance in anything concerning propriety. — Marie Antoinette Copy Share Image
I have come, Sire, to complain of one of your subjects who has been so audacious as to kick me in the belly. — Marie Antoinette Copy Share Image
The king and the dauphin both like to see me on horseback. I only say this because all the world perceives it, and especially… — Marie Antoinette Copy Share Image
