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“Being asked why in some kingdoms the king is of age at fourteen, but cannot marry until eighteen, Moliere replied: Because it is more difficult to rule a wife than a kingdom.”
- J. A. Bent
“Her caustic manner of speaking of friends as well as foes caused Madame du Deffand to be compared to the physician who said: My friend fell sick — I attended him; he died — I dissected him.”
