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Diane de Poitiers Quotes


A French noblewoman and a prominent courtier at the courts of kings Francis I and his son, Henry II of France.
Diane de Poitiers (3 September 1499 – 25 April 1566) was a French noblewoman and a prominent courtier at the courts of kings Francis I and his son, Henry II of France. She became notorious as the latter's favourite mistress. It was in this capacity that she wielded much influence and power at the French Court, which continued until Henry was mortally wounded in a tournament accident. 

Here are some famous quotes by Diane de Poitiers.

Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose in the other everything to gain.

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She was born in the year of our Lord only knows. The years that a woman subtracts from her age are not lost. They are added to other women's.

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We only make a dupe of the friend whose advice we ask for we never tell him all; and it is usually what we have left unsaid that decides our conduct.