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Famous quotes containing the words louis, france, rule, marie and/or medici:

    “With the half of a broken hope for a pillow at night
    That somehow the right is the right
    And the smooth shall bloom from the rough:
    Lord, if that were enough?”
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    “The said doctor can easily practise upon a page, and, if he does well, he can use his remedies on my son.”
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