“It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things. —Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince” — Nancy Goldstone Copy Share Image
“It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than… — Nancy Goldstone Copy Share Image
“With the departure of the acknowledged head of the Catholic party, the Protestants gained a degree of influence over the royal family completely out… — Nancy Goldstone Copy Share Image
“A prince should therefore have no other aim or thought, nor take up any other thing for his study, but war and its order… — Nancy Goldstone Copy Share Image
“Thus it is ever in Courts,” she observed bitterly. “Adversity is solitary, while prosperity dwells in a crowd.” — Nancy Goldstone Copy Share Image
“The duchess of Retz, who was fluent in Latin and Greek (languages she had acquired as a result of her first husband’s frustrating lack… — Nancy Goldstone Copy Share Image
“For solace at this time of sadness and confusion, Marguerite turned to a source that would remain a refuge to her throughout her life:… — Nancy Goldstone Copy Share Image
“In short, I was constantly receiving some fresh mortification, so that I hardly passed a day in quiet.” — Nancy Goldstone Copy Share Image
“It was better to take a chance on the devil she didn’t know than to leave herself completely unprotected against the man who (despite… — Nancy Goldstone Copy Share Image
“Fortresses may or may not be useful according to the times; if they do good in one way, they do harm in another.” — Nancy Goldstone Copy Share Image
“Throughout her career, Catherine seems to have believed that simply by reiterating her demands over and over she could either convince her opponents of… — Nancy Goldstone Copy Share Image
“Whoever thinks that in high personages new benefits cause old offences to be forgotten, makes a great mistake.” — Nancy Goldstone Copy Share Image
“Margot was utterly unable to control her fury. “I was so greatly offended with this fresh indignity, after so many of the kind formerly… — Nancy Goldstone Copy Share Image
“As we are ready to give ear and credit to those we love, he believed all she said. From this time he became distant… — Nancy Goldstone Copy Share Image
“The day on which he [Épernon] arrives, and so long as he remains, I shall dress myself in garments which I shall never wear… — Nancy Goldstone Copy Share Image
“Although passionate, she required a more complex wooing. The groom’s taste ran to more easily available conquests. (Or, as a future scholar would tactfully… — Nancy Goldstone Copy Share Image
![“The day on which he [Épernon] arrives, and so long as he remains, I shall dress myself in garments which I shall never wear again: those of dissimulation and hypocrisy,” quote by Nancy Goldstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/81a/nancy-goldstone-28539_hypocrisy_the-day-on-which-he-pernon-arrives-and-s_2494302.jpg)
