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Responding to the priest who had accompanied her to the foot of the guillotine, who had whispered, "Courage, madame! Now is the time for courage." Quoted in Women of Beauty and Heroism (1859) by Frank B.

Courage! I have shown it for years think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?.

433 also quoted in Marie Antoinette: The Journey (2001) by Antonia Fraser, ISBN 0307277747.

Marie Antoinette to the Chevalier Jarjayes on his persuading her to escape alone from the Tower Lettres, II.

I could not have any pleasure in the world if I abandoned my children.I do not even have any regrets.

The interest of my son is the only guide I have, and whatever happiness I could achieve by being free of this place I cannot consent to separate my self from him. We had a beautiful dream and that was all.The Straight Dope, "On Language" by William Safire at The New York Times, and in the discussions at Google groups. Tradition persists that Marie Antoinette joked " Let them eat cake!" ( Qu'ils mangent de la brioche.) This phrase, however, occurs in a passage of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Confessions, written in 1766, when Marie Antoinette was 11 years old and four years before her marriage to Louis XVI. After learning of the bread shortages that were occurring in Paris at the time of Louis XVI's coronation in Rheims, as quoted in Marie Antoinette: The Journey (2001) by Antonia Fraser, p.The king seems to understand this truth as for myself, I know that in my whole life (even if I live for a hundred years) I shall never forget the day of the coronation. It is quite certain that in seeing the people who treat us so well despite their own misfortune, we are more obliged than ever to work hard for their happiness.

She was born Archduchess Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna of the Habsburg dynasty. She was guillotined during the French Revolution.

She was the daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and his wife Maria Theresa of Austria, the wife of Louis XVI, and the mother of Louis XVII. Marie Antoinette ( Novem– October 16 1793) was Queen of France and Archduchess of Austria. It is quite certain that in seeing the people who treat us so well despite their own misfortune, we are more obliged than ever to work hard for their happiness.