Leanda de Lisle quotes
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“There was no more dangerous a time in a nation's life than the passing of a ruler when the succession was in doubt.”
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“But as Shakespeare’s Richard II boasts, ‘Not all the water in the rough rude sea/Can wash the balm off from an anointed king.”
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“If my faults deserve punishment, my youth at least, and my imprudence were worthy of excuse”
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“But as Shakespeare’s Richard II boasts, ‘Not all the water in the rough rude sea/Can wash the balm off from an anointed king.”
-- Leanda de LisleSource : Leanda de Lisle, Leanda Lisle (2013). “Tudor: Passion. Manipulation. Murder. The Story of England's Most Notorious Royal Family”, p.27, PublicAffairs
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“Every generation tailors history to its taste.”
Source : Ada Louise Huxtable (1986). “The Tall Building Artistically Reconsidered: The Search for a Skyscraper Style”, Pantheon
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“It's okay to doubt yourself, it's okay to feel down; just never give up.”
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Source : Abraham Coles (1892). “Abraham Coles: Biographical Sketch, Memorial Tributes, Selections from His Works, (some Hitherto Unpublished.)”
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