Louis XIV

Notable Quotes



First feelings are always the most natural.

From Louis XIV

Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful.

From Louis XIV

There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.

From Louis XIV

I have made my will; I have been tormented to do it. I have bought repose; I know the powerlessness and inutility of it.

From Louis XIV

Render to God what you owe him; recognize the obligations you are under to him.

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It is legal because I wish it.

From Louis XIV

Every time I create an appointment, I create a hundred malcontents and one ingrate.

From Louis XIV

Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper.

From Louis XIV

I am the state.

From Louis XIV

Every time I bestow a vacant office I make a hundred discontented persons and one ingrate.

From Louis XIV

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