Louis XIV

Royalty

1638-09-05

Books by Louis XIV

A king's lessons in statecraft: Louis XIV
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Quotes by Louis XIV

I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women.
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The ministers of kings should learn to moderate their ambition. The higher they elevate themselves above their proper sphere, the greater the danger that they will fall.
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I am the state.
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The King of Spain displayed his esteem for me in a manner that I confess flattered me pleasantly when, after the death of Don Luis de Haro, he stated publicly in front of all the foreign ambassadors that he wanted to follow my example in not having a prime minister any longer.
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There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.
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My child, you are going to be a great king; do not imitate me in the taste I have had for building, or in that I have had for war; try, on the contrary, to be at peace with your neighbors.
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Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper.
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I have made my will; I have been tormented to do it. I have bought repose; I know the powerlessness and inutility of it.
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That's what troubles me: I should like to suffer more for the expiation of my sins.
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Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful.
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My court was divided between peace and war according to their various interests, but I considered only their reasons.
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It is legal because I wish it.
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You have only to see what became of my father's will immediately after his death, and the wills of so many other kings. I know it well; but nevertheless, they have wished it; they gave me no rest nor repose, no calm until it was done.
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