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Queens
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Matilda’s innate qualities made her a queen contemporaries could respect. 'Successes did not make her happy, nor did troubles make her sad. Troubles brought a smile to her, successes fear. Beauty did not produce weakness in her, nor power pride; she alone was both powerful and humble, both beautiful and chaste.
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― Queens of the Conquest
― Queens of the Conquest
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If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen and married.
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― Collected Works
― Collected Works
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