“It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to… — Nancy Goldstone Success 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… — Nancy Goldstone Family 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… — Nancy Goldstone Discipline 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… — Nancy Goldstone Art 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… — Nancy Goldstone Books 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… — Nancy Goldstone Confidence 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… — Nancy Goldstone Time 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… — 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 Failure 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… — Nancy Goldstone Upper hand 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… — 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… — 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… — Nancy Goldstone Love Copy Share Image
“The character of people varies, and it is easy to persuade them of a thing, but difficult to keep them in that… — Nancy Goldstone Character Copy Share Image
“Every now and then there comes a moment in history when an individual not previously credited with any particular integrity is elevated… — Nancy Goldstone Higher purpose Copy Share Image
“They needn’t have worried. Three hundred men, it turned out, were not enough to massacre a man like Bussy.* The assassination attempt… — Nancy Goldstone Famous Copy Share Image
