Louis XIV

Notable Quotes



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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Always follow good counsels.

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It is impossible to please all the world.

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Has God forgotten all I have done for Him.

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Laws are the sovereigns of sovereigns.

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I am dying, but the state remains.

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The Pyrenees are no more.

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I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women.

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We can do all we wish while we live; afterward, we are less than the meanest.

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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.

From Louis XIV

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