French Wars of Religion/henry Ivs Conquest of The Kingdom 1589%e2%80%931593

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    Then a sentimental passion of a vegetable fashion must excite your
    languid spleen,
    An attachment a la Plato for a bashful young potato, or a
    not-too-French French bean!
    Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    O how wretched
    Is that poor man that hangs on princes’ favours!
    There is betwixt that smile we would aspire to,
    That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin,
    More pangs and fears than wars or women have,
    And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer,
    Never to hope again.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    To know a person’s religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
    Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)

    Of coursers also spake they: Henry rid
    Well, like most Englishmen, and loved the races;
    And Juan, like a true-born Andalusian,
    Could back a horse, as despots ride a Russian.
    George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

    An educational method that shall have liberty as its basis must intervene to help the child to a conquest of liberty. That is to say, his training must be such as shall help him to diminish as much as possible the social bonds which limit his activity.
    Maria Montessori (1870–1952)

    Then people will come from east and west, from north and south, and will eat in the kingdom of God.
    Bible: New Testament, Luke 13:29.