"As the Dauphine stepped out of her carriage on to the ceremonial carpet that had been laid down, it was the Duc de Choiseul who was given the privilege of the first salute. Presented with the Duc by Prince Starhemberg, Marie Antoinette exclaimed: 'I shall never forget that you are responsible for my happiness!"

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Source : Antonia Fraser (2010). “Marie Antoinette”, p.54, Hachette UK

Antonia Fraser

#Firsts Quotes #Privilege Quotes #Never Forget Quotes

“I had a lot of what they call turntable hits. A lot of them.”
“I wish for recycling to become a major industrial agriculture.”
“Then the necessary decline of non-voluntary learning and rise of the self-assured will which perfects itself in the glorious sunlight of the free person may be somewhat expressed as follows: knowledge must die and rise again as will and create itself anew each day as a free person.”
“I liked Dallas better because it was more deceptive, you could do more with it.”
“Remember, it's your own body, your own brain. You're not a victim of the universe, you are the universe.”
“I've learned that we're all entitled to have our secrets.”
“I had to develop the mentality and stay positive about making my comeback.”
“Fortune seized at the right moment gives victory.”

Source : "Political Affairs" by Earl Browder, (p. 1005), 2001.

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