"It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action."
"The questioning spirit is the rebellious spirit. A rebellion is always either a cloak to hide a prince, or the swaddling wrapper of a new rule."
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Source: 'Catherine de Medici expliquée' ('About Catherine of Medici'). Book by Honoré de Balzac, 1843.
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