Feminism Quote by Maurice Druon

“In spite of ups and downs, the union between Jacques and Marguerite remained essential and indestructible. Nothing could undermine it over the forty-eight years…

— Benoît Peeters

“Every now and then there comes a moment in history when an individual not previously credited with any particular integrity is elevated to a…

— Nancy Goldstone

“France was eclipsed by the solid German block, producing far more than twice her number of military males each year, towering up grim and…

— William Stevenson

“Neither Louis nor Marie Antoinette was at ease with the truly important people of their day. When Voltaire, after an exile of twenty-seven years,…

— Bernardine Kielty

I am not a great French woman. George Sand, Marguerite Duras and Simone de Beauvoir are great French women.

— Juliette Binoche

In France, and at the most important period of our history, Catherine de' Medici has suffered more from popular error than any other woman,…

— Honoré De Balzac

“Women revert to their maiden names in Heaven, Rutherford feels fairly certain. He can't remember where he learned this--France or the Bible.”

— Karen Russell

Marie-Thérèse played a key role in shaping European politics.In addition, as the Duchesse d'Angoulême, her face-off with Napoleon's soldiers was certainly a testament to…

— Susan Nagel

Instruct the mothers of the French people.

— Daniel Webster

“Madame Bovary, c'est moi.”

— Gustav Flaubert

“As Marguerite Derrida puts it: ‘I’ve always thought that it was mainly through his capacity for listening that Jacques could seduce women.”

— Benoît Peeters

With a good education and a solid childhood, Marie-Antoinette might have become one of the most admired women in Europe. As it was, the…

— Amanda Foreman