In every treaty, insert a clause which can easily be violated, so that the entire agreement can be broken in case the interests of the State make it expedient to do so.
LOUIS XIVWhy do you weep? Did you think I was immortal?
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Why are you weeping ? Did you imagine that I was immortal ?
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The Last Argument of Kings.
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Impatience for victory guarantees defeat.
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Only small minds want always to be right.
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One king, one law, one faith.
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Every time I fill a vacant office, I make ten malcontents and one ingrate.
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There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.
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I see no point in reading.
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Has God forgotten everything I’ve done for him ?
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The years go by one after the other; time slips past us with out our being aware of it; we grow old like ordinary men and we shall end like them.
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It is legal because I wish it.
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Laws are the sovereigns of sovereigns.
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Heaven deprives me of a wife who never caused me any other grief than that of her death.
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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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I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women.
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Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper.
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I am the State.
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Why do you weep? Did you think I was immortal?
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First feelings are always the most natural.
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