Louis XIV Quotes

Louis XIV (16)

Birth:	5th September, 1638
Death:	1st September, 1715
Nationality:	French
Profession:	Royalty

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• It is legal because I wish it.

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• I would have praised you more had you praised me less.

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• I am the State.

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• And it was only released in London last week, so when I go back to England Monday or whatever, I am expecting heaps of adulation. I’m hoping there is. If that doesn’t happen I will be disappointed.

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

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• The Pyrenees are no more.

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• It is legal because I wish it.

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• I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women.

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• I am the state.

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• Has God forgotten all I have done for Him.

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• First feelings are always the most natural.

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

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• Every time I bestow a vacant office I make a hundred discontented persons 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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• Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper.

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

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