The Rose of Versailles, Marie Antoinette

The greatness of the human spirit reveals itself only when it meets adversity. Just as silver is separated from lead, the hardships that fate spins out come bearing down with no way to avoid them, blowing away every worthless husk. If you have not learned how to live, then you must at least learn how to die. The fate of the queen, who fell from a goddess of the Rococo to a wretched prisoner, sounds an alarm to all those who are quietly suffocating beneath their own peace and comfort.

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