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MEMOIRS OF MARIE ANTOINETTE

By Madame Campan

The Bastille

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Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI.

Madam Campan

Louis XVI.

A man born solely to contradict
Advised the King not to separate
himself from his army
Ah, Madame, we have all been killed in
our masters' service!
Alas! her griefs double mine!
Allowed her candles and as much
firewood as she wanted
Better to die than to implicate anybody
Brought me her daughter Hortense de
Beauharnais
Carried the idea of the prerogative of
rank to a high pitch
Common and blamable practice of
indulgence
Condescension which renders approbation
more offensive
Customs are nearly equal to laws
Difference between brilliant theories
and the simplest practice
Dignified tone which alone secures the
respect due to power
Displaying her acquirements with rather
too much confidence
Duc d'Orleans, when called on to give
his vote for death of King
Elegant entertainments were given to
Doctor Franklin
Etiquette still existed at Court,
dignity alone was wanting
Extreme simplicity was the Queens first
and only real mistake
Fashion of wearing a black coat without
being in mourning
Favourite of a queen is not, in France,
a happy one
Formed rather to endure calamity with
patience than to contend
Grand-Dieu, mamma! will it be yesterday
over again?
Happiness does not dwell in palaces
He is afraid to command
His ruin was resolved on; they passed
to the order of the day
His seraglio in the Parc-aux-Cerfs
History of the man with the iron mask
How can I have any regret when I
partake your misfortunes
I hate all that savours of fanaticism
I do not like these rhapsodies
I love the conveniences of life too
well
If ever I establish a republic of
women....
Indulge in the pleasure of vice and
assume the credit of virtue
King (gave) the fatal order to the
Swiss to cease firing
La Fayette to rescue the royal family
and convey them to Rouen
Leave me in peace; be assured that I
can put no heir in danger
Louis Philippe, the usurper of the
inheritance of her family
Mirabeau forgot that it was more easy
to do harm than good
Most intriguing little Carmelite in the
kingdom
My father fortunately found a library
which amused him
Never shall a drop of French blood be
shed by my order
No one is more dangerous than a man
clothed with recent authority
No accounting for the caprices of a
woman
No ears that will discover when she
(The Princess) is out of tune
None but little minds dreaded little
books
Observe the least pretension on account
of the rank or fortune
Of course I shall be either hissed or
applauded.
On domestic management depends the
preservation of their fortune
Prevent disorder from organising itself
Princes thus accustomed to be treated
as divinities
Princess at 12 years was not mistress
of the whole alphabet
Rabble, always ready to insult genius,
virtue, and misfortune
Saw no other advantage in it than that
of saving her own life
She often carried her economy to a
degree of parsimony
Shocking to find so little a man in the
son of the Marechal
Shun all kinds of confidence
Simplicity of the Queen's toilet began
to be strongly censured
So many crimes perpetrated under that
name (liberty)
Spirit of party can degrade the
character of a nation
Subjecting the vanquished to be tried
by the conquerors
Taken pains only to render himself
beloved by his pupil
Tastes may change
That air of truth which always carries
conviction
The author (Beaumarchais) was sent to
prison soon afterwards
The Jesuits were suppressed
The three ministers, more ambitious
than amorous
The charge of extravagance
The emigrant party have their intrigues
and schemes
The King delighted to manage the most
disgraceful points
The anti-Austrian party, discontented
and vindictive
There is not one real patriot among all
this infamous horde
They say you live very poorly here,
Moliere
Those muskets were immediately embarked
and sold to the Americans
Those who did it should not pretend to
wish to remedy it
To be formally mistress, a husband had
to be found
True nobility, gentlemen, consists in
giving proofs of it
Ventured to give such rash advice:
inoculation
Was but one brilliant action that she
could perform
We must have obedience, and no
reasoning
Well, this is royally ill played!
What do young women stand in need
of?—Mothers!
When kings become prisoners they are
very near death
While the Queen was blamed, she was
blindly imitated
Whispered in his mother's ear, "Was
that right?"
"Would be a pity," she said, "to stop
when so fairly on the road"
Young Prince suffered from the rickets
Your swords have rusted in their
scabbards

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[Marie Antoinette by Madam Campan]

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Marie Antoinette on the way to the Guillotine

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