"Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman" by Stefan Zweig:
“Lightly, caressingly, Marie Antoinette picked up the crown as a gift. She was still too young to know that life never gives anything for
nothing, and that a price is always exacted for what fate bestows. She
did not think she would have to pay a price. She simply accepted the
rights of her royal position and performed no duties in exchange. She
wanted to combine two things which are, in actual human experience。
incompatible; she wanted to reign and at the same time to enjoy.”