Quote #5

Not only have I never commissioned you to make a jewel... but, what is more, I have told you repeatedly that I would never add so much as another carat to my present collection of diamonds. I refused to buy your necklace for myself; the king offered to buy it for me, and I refused it as a gift. Never mention it again.

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  1. Mon chou d'amour is charming, and I love him madly. He loves me very much too, in his own way, without embarrassment.
  2. I'm fine, don't worry.
  3. A son would have belonged to the state, but you shall be mine, and have all my care; you shall share my happiness and soften my sorrows.
  4. The Church. The Church... we're next.
  5. I put on my rouge and wash my hands in front of the whole world!
  6. If I have not replied it is because Nature itself refuses to respond to such a charge laid against a mother.
  7. It is quite certain that in seeing the people who treat us so well despite their own misfortune, we are more obliged than ever to work hard…
  8. There is nothing new except what has been forgotten.

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