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Catherine de'Medici Quotes

You forget that political liberty, the tranquillity of a nation, nay, knowledge itself, are gifts on which destiny has laid a tax of blood!

Source:Part III, Chapter I: Two Dreams
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Honoré de Balzac - Catherine de'Medici Quotes
  • Book: Catherine de'Medici
  • Writer: Honoré de Balzac
  • Genre: Fiction
  • Published: 1841
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