The Borgias Quotes

“She doubted not that in time she would grow as indifferent as others to these matters; but there was a softness within her which made it difficult for her. She must conform. She must be like those who lived about her. But for the time being she would refuse to think of the cruel things which could happen to men and women, merely because they spoke too freely. She wanted to be happy; therefore she would not think of anything that might make her otherwise. She”
― Jean Plaidy, The Borgias: Two Novels in One Volume

“At four years of age children accept without surprise that which is daily paraded before their eyes”
― Jean Plaidy, The Borgias: Two Novels in One Volume

“all greatness must first take its shape in dreams.”
― Jean Plaidy, The Borgias: Two Novels in One Volume

“In Spain to share a pleasure is a good thing because in sharing what is good one gives something worth having. To share one’s sorrow is to beg that one’s burden shall be partly carried by another. Spaniards are too proud to ask favors.” The”
― Jean Plaidy, The Borgias: Two Novels in One Volume

“Only by judging the Borgias against their own times can they arouse our sympathy, and only if they arouse our sympathy can they be understood. Below”
― Jean Plaidy, The Borgias: Two Novels in One Volume