QUOTES AND IMAGES: CAMPAN'S MARIE ANTOINETTE

MEMOIRS OF MARIE ANTOINETTE

By Madame Campan

A man born solely to contradict

Advised the King not to separatehimself from his army

Ah, Madame, we have all been killed inour masters' service!

Alas! her griefs double mine!

Allowed her candles and as muchfirewood as she wanted

Better to die than to implicate anybody

Brought me her daughter Hortense deBeauharnais

Carried the idea of the prerogative ofrank to a high pitch

Common and blamable practice ofindulgence

Condescension which renders approbationmore offensive

Customs are nearly equal to laws

Difference between brilliant theoriesand the simplest practice

Dignified tone which alone secures therespect due to power

Displaying her acquirements with rathertoo much confidence

Duc d'Orleans, when called on to givehis vote for death of King

Elegant entertainments were given toDoctor Franklin

Etiquette still existed at Court, dignity alone was wanting

Extreme simplicity was the Queens firstand only real mistake

Fashion of wearing a black coat withoutbeing in mourning

Favourite of a queen is not, in France, a happy one

Formed rather to endure calamity withpatience than to contend

Grand-Dieu, mamma! will it be yesterdayover again?

Happiness does not dwell in palaces

He is afraid to command

His ruin was resolved on; they passedto 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 Ipartake your misfortunes

I hate all that savours of fanaticism

I do not like these rhapsodies

I love the conveniences of life toowell

If ever I establish a republic ofwomen.... 

Indulge in the pleasure of vice andassume the credit of virtue

King (gave) the fatal order to theSwiss to cease firing

La Fayette to rescue the royal familyand convey them to Rouen

Leave me in peace; be assured that Ican put no heir in danger

Louis Philippe, the usurper of theinheritance of her family

Mirabeau forgot that it was more easyto do harm than good

Most intriguing little Carmelite in thekingdom

My father fortunately found a librarywhich amused him

Never shall a drop of French blood beshed by my order

No one is more dangerous than a manclothed with recent authority

No accounting for the caprices of awoman

No ears that will discover when she(The Princess) is out of tune

None but little minds dreaded littlebooks

Observe the least pretension on accountof the rank or fortune

Of course I shall be either hissed orapplauded. 

On domestic management depends thepreservation of their fortune

Prevent disorder from organising itself

Princes thus accustomed to be treatedas divinities

Princess at 12 years was not mistressof the whole alphabet

Rabble, always ready to insult genius, virtue, and misfortune

Saw no other advantage in it than thatof saving her own life

She often carried her economy to adegree of parsimony

Shocking to find so little a man in theson of the Marechal

Shun all kinds of confidence

Simplicity of the Queen's toilet beganto be strongly censured

So many crimes perpetrated under thatname (liberty)

Spirit of party can degrade thecharacter of a nation

Subjecting the vanquished to be triedby the conquerors

Taken pains only to render himselfbeloved by his pupil

Tastes may change

That air of truth which always carriesconviction

The author (Beaumarchais) was sent toprison soon afterwards

The Jesuits were suppressed

The three ministers, more ambitiousthan amorous

The charge of extravagance

The emigrant party have their intriguesand schemes

The King delighted to manage the mostdisgraceful points

The anti-Austrian party, discontentedand vindictive

There is not one real patriot among allthis infamous horde

They say you live very poorly here, Moliere

Those muskets were immediately embarkedand sold to the Americans

Those who did it should not pretend towish to remedy it

To be formally mistress, a husband hadto be found

True nobility, gentlemen, consists ingiving proofs of it

Ventured to give such rash advice:inoculation

Was but one brilliant action that shecould perform

We must have obedience, and noreasoning

Well, this is royally ill played!

What do young women stand in needof?--Mothers!

When kings become prisoners they arevery near death

While the Queen was blamed, she wasblindly imitated

Whispered in his mother's ear, "Wasthat right?"

"Would be a pity, " she said, "to stopwhen so fairly on the road"

Young Prince suffered from the rickets

Your swords have rusted in theirscabbards

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