Charles IX quotes
A character in Queen Margot by Alexandre Dumas
4 quotes spoken by or about Charles IX, each verified verbatim against the text and located in the book.
Queen Margot
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In giving my sister Margot to Henry of Navarre, I give my sister to all the Protestants of the kingdom.
Death, mass, or the Bastille!
Well, then, I am not of your opinion; a dead enemy's corpse always smells sweet.
You can always weep when you wish to; but I, at the moment of my greatest sorrows, am always forced to smile.
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