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who wrote this quote and in what context

2006-07-26 14:10:58 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities Books & Authors

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Marguerite of Navarre (also known as Marguerite of Angoulême). That sentence is probably related to the decisive role she and her mother, Louise of Savoy, played in the negotiations of the Treaty of Cambrai, known as "The Ladies Peace". The treaty put a temporary ending to one phase of the wars between Francis I of France (her brother) and the Habsburg Holy Roman emperor Charles V. The agreement involved the release of her first husband, the Duke of Alencon, who died a few years later.
Marguerite of Navarre, who lived between April 11, 1492 and December 21, 1549, is considered by many historians as the first modern woman of the Renaissance. She was an acclaimed writer and an important political figure. She was influenced by Humanists, and had a non-conventional approach towards religion and the role of women in society.
Her second husband was Henry d'Albret, King of Navarre, and she was the grandmother of Henry IV.

P.S.I personally prefer this quote of her: "fools live longer than the wise, unless someone kills them ... for ... fools do not dissemble their passions. If they are merry they laugh; but those who deem themselves wise hide their defects with so much care that their hearts are all poisoned with them.”

2006-07-26 14:15:45 · answer #1 · answered by Pedro ST 4 · 1 0

"No man hath it in his power to over-rule the deceitfulness of a woman."

Marguerite of Navarre

"The First Modern Woman".
As patron of humanists and reformers, and as an author in her own right, she was an outstanding figure of the French Renaissance. Samuel (April 11, 1492 – December 21, 1549), also known as Marguerite of Angoulemeand Margaret of Navarre, was the queen consort of King Henry II of Navarre.

Leonardo Da Vinci actually died as her guest after he designed a house for her. Hmm.....

2006-07-26 21:16:38 · answer #2 · answered by ♪ ♫ ☮ NYbron ☮ ♪ ♫ 6 · 0 0

The only thing I could come up with was, "God the Father, but he just mention that man can divorce his wife due the hardness of her heart over time. I couldn't find that quote.

2006-07-26 21:48:40 · answer #3 · answered by LARRY P 3 · 0 0

Wasn't it Sir Pussywhipped Von Vaginaboy? Wasn't it in the context of him being a homo who couldn't control his ho?

2006-07-26 21:14:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

It certainly wasn't Peter Cook!

2006-07-26 21:16:04 · answer #5 · answered by Silva 6 · 0 0

I'm sure it's a dead writer. Don't think his wife let him live after she read that quote.

2006-07-26 21:13:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

No married man in this millennium

2006-07-26 21:14:24 · answer #7 · answered by Texas Cowboy 7 · 0 0

nick lachey

2006-07-26 21:15:46 · answer #8 · answered by drakke1 6 · 0 0

some man that got tricked!!

2006-07-26 21:12:25 · answer #9 · answered by Kari S 2 · 0 0

shakespeare

2006-07-27 07:29:13 · answer #10 · answered by gr8_girl 2 · 0 0

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