people-of-the-french-revolution

"Men call physicians only when they suffer; women, when they are merely afflicted with ennui."

"Homeliness is the best guardian of a young girl's virtue."

"If you would succeed in the world, it is necessary that, when entering a salon, your vanity should bow to that of others."

"To weep is not always to suffer."

"Frenchmen, and you above all, Parisians, inhabitants of the city that His Majesty's ancestors were pleased to call the good city of Paris, beware of the suggestions and lies of your false friends; return to your king; he will always be your father, your best friend: what joy he will have in forgetting all the personal insults he has suffered, and in seeing himself once more in your midst, when a Constitution - freely accepted by him - ensures that our holy religion is respected, that the government is established on a stable footing, and that, through its actions, the property and status of each individual will no longer be threatened, that the laws will no longer be broken with impunity, and that, finally, liberty will be established on firm and unshakeable foundations."

"You can always rely on my affection... I am most satisfied, I agree to the establishment of the citizens' guard... Monsieur Bailly, I am very glad that you should be Mayor and M. de La Fayette commander-in-chief."

"Le silence du peuple est la leçon des rois."

"[Insert French]"

"Nous sommes assemblés par la volonté nationale, nous n’en sortirons que par la force."

"Si cela n'est que difficile, c'est fait; si cela est impossible, nous verrons."

"Citoyens, il est à craindre que la révolution, comme Saturne, ne dévore successivement tous ses enfants et n’engendre enfin le despotisme avec les calamités qui l’accompagnent."