Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-14
SAYINGS OF FaMou. WOMEN

Sophie Arnould called marriage ath,
sacrament of adultery"
Ii IL only the first stem that or.s.s >
wrote Madame da Deffand,
Love" observed Ninon de rEnc,o.
never oies OF starvation, bat often OF
love men, said Queen Christina n,
sweden, not because they are men. but
because they are not women
caroline Matilda of Denmark onoe
wrote on window pane: 20 God. ke~r
ne innocent; make others great
Ike wife of Phocion. when asked
where her jewels we're, replied: "Nx
umPhs." WIS vi
II Is the toilet Of death. bu, il leads
70 immortality. exclaimed Charlotte
tine. ~'-'
IL was Madame de Ia Faveite who said
III 1 had a lover who W 4nted 10 hear
irom me every day, would break with
Madame dAreenson, on being asked
Wuhn of two hroth-rs she preferred. re-
pied: W hen l am with one. prefer
the other
M>dame de Bavr. a French writer of
romances, when asked by Ducts wby
sne lived, replied: al live from curi
osity."
The crime makes the shame. not the
scauoio, wrote Charlotte Corday, in a
Marat. "
Madame de Stael replied to the cham.
eeriain Who told her she could not see
the First Consul, who was then taking
bath: Genius has no sex"
Love Matches" said Lady Blessino.
ton, - are made by people who are con-
tent, for a month of honey, TO condemn
themselves TO life of vinegar"
1 entered ths world through a cele
brated door," said Sophie Arnould. al
iudinR TO the fact that she WAS born ia
the room where Admiral Colisny was
assassinated.
Said Madame de Stael to some Amer.
leans, after the War Of Independence:
Ion ars the advanced guard of the
haman rare; you have the fortune of
the world"
Vanity" said Madame du Defend.
ruins more women than love-" In her
opinion, women are never stronger
IMAM when they arm themselves With
their weakness"
That gentleman. sir. was my hus-
band; he il dead" replied Madame de
Geoffrln. when asked who quiet old
gentleman WAS who had not been present
in her salon for a month.
The young and beautiful Madame de
Houdetst, beirR asked of what she WAS
dreaming, when .und. during her last
Illness, In pensivs soJd, replied: ="
am reeretting my self"
Said Catherine Of AraQon: 81 would
rather be poor beeear's wife, and be
sure OF heaven, than queen of all the
world and stand in doubt thereof BY
reason of my own consent"
g We shall soon say our prayers in
French" said Catherine dc Medici,
when the Huguenots, who conducted
their services in the vernacular, we're
reported IT, be gaining the upper hand
during the minority Of Charles TX.
When Speaker Croke alluded, in 1901.
to the Armada having been driven off
sacred queen" Elizabeth interrupted
him: mo, Mr.. Speaker, but by the
mighty hand of God"
When Suwarrow informed Catherine
III. of the capture Of Prague in 1874, bv
writing. Hurrah! Prague! Suwarro~r'
the Empress promoted him in equally
concise terns: Bravo! FIeld-marshal!
CatherineT
Seeing that the victory Of Prussia over
Austria in 1866 threatened to destroy the
prestige of France. the Empress Euesnie
exclaimed, pointing to the Prince Impe-
rial; THAT child will never reign il no.
thing be done to etface Sadowa."
OF Madane de Ia Suze, who became
Catholic because her husband, from
whom she had separated. Was u Huaue-
not, Queen CHRISTINA of S-eden re-
mar ed: Sue has separated herself
from her husband that she may See him
Leither in this world nor in the next"
Il is related of the Duchess of Bur
puBdy that she asked Louis XIV. and
Madame de Maintenon why Ia England
queens governed better th n kings, and
answered the question berself: '' Because
under kings it is the women who govern
and men undsr queens"
When Maria Theresa was asked.
shortly before her death. to take
sleeping petion. she replied: :" could
sleep, but | must not Death II too
near; he must not steal upon me; these
fifteen years (since her husband = DEATH
have been waiting for him; will meet
him awake"
Louis XIV, on his death-bed. ex-
pressed the hope to Madame de Maiu
tenou that they should soon ineet again.
- -. tn ~ ma AT
cd, as il cneonsciou.ly, when she left
the apartment: "A pretty rendezvous
he has given me! The man never loved
any one but himself"
Prince Louis Napoleon. on his election
to the Presidency of the French kepae-
| lic In 1S49, did net invite L,dy Blessing
ton to the Tuilerirs, although he had
Rotten been entertained by her IN Lon
/ don. M citing her one day IN the Champs
| K ysees, he asked her II she expected To
remain long in Paris. Her cool reply
was: " And your"
II Ia related Of Monsieur de Lsiande.
the celebrated astronomer, that, nndinR
himself seated nc dinner at II sdame
Recamier's, between her and Madame
| de Stael, he unfortunately remHrkeo:
How happy | am to ind myself De
tween vt aud beanty! o which ma
dame de Stael immed lately reloined:
And without poss sssing either?
During bis visit 10 Russia, Diderot
notic.d the unclean illness of the pesss-
ants, then serfs- Why, replied the
Empress. CatheriRe H., "sbould they
take care Of body which does nos be-
long To themYr Diderot apologize d on
n certain occasion tor touching her knee
| in the heat OF an argument. The Em
pr q pot him at his easc at ones by say
Tag: Let there he no ceremony between
men"
| Dr Z. q. johnson, in the treatment