Quotes from Forty Thousand Quotations — Marguerite de Navarre
1492–1549 France
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16 quotes
Gold adulterated one thing only—the human heart.
Tears may be dried up, but the heart never.
Bashfulness is not becoming to maidenhood, though modesty always is.
Have a care lest the wrinkles in the face extend to the heart.
It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half taken.
A woman of honor should not suspect another of things she would not do herself.
It is only the educated who can produce or appreciate high art.
Servitude is inherent; we are all slaves to duty or to force.
Temptations, like misfortunes, are sent to test our moral strength.
I should rejoice if my pleasures were as pleasing to God as they are to myself.
Excitement is the drunkenness of the spirits. Only calm waters reflect heaven in their bosom.
Delicacy is the genuine tint of virtue.
The cup of joy is heaviest when empty.
Blushes cannot be counterfeited.
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Marguerite de Navarre (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.