The She-Wolf of France Quotes

“The Queen watched the drops of sweat pearling her husband's brow. And nothing disgusts a woman more than the sweat of the man she has ceased to love.”
― Maurice Druon, La loba de Francia

“For in truth the years have little effect on our nature and age does not free us of our faults. We lose our hair more quickly than our weaknesses.”
― Maurice Druon, La loba de Francia

“Prince Edward confirmed the sentence; but he was reflecting deeply and beginning silently to form views as to how a man destined to great responsibilities should behave. To listen before speaking, to inform yourself before judging, to understand before deciding, and to remember always that there were to be found in every man the springs both of the highest as well as the lowest actions: these, for a sovereign, were the first steps towards wisdom.”
― Maurice Druon, La loba de Francia

“Each one of us has his shining hour in the events of his century. On one occasion it may be Monseigneur of Kent, on another Monseigneur of Lancaster, some other on a previous occasion and yet another on a later, whom the event illumines because of the decisive part he plays in it. Thus is made the history of the world.”
― Maurice Druon, La loba de Francia