To be powerful is to be lonely, and to be lonely is to be po... - Catherine de Medici

This quote is attributed to Catherine de Medici.

"To be powerful is to be lonely, and to be lonely is to be powerful."

Catherine de Medici Solitude

Queen Regent Statesman French-Italian 1519–1589

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