Laws are the sovereigns of sovereigns.
LOUIS XIVIn 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.
More Louis XIV Quotes
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The Last Argument of Kings.
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One king, one law, one faith.
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I am the State.
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Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper.
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Impatience for victory guarantees defeat.
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There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.
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Only small minds want always to be right.
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It is legal because I wish it.
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Why do you weep? Did you think I was immortal?
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I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women.
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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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Has God forgotten everything I’ve done for him ?
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Every time I fill a vacant office, I make ten malcontents and one ingrate.
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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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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.
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