Quotes by Louis XIV

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King of France from 1643 to 1715

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Popular Quotes

“It is legal because I wish it.”

“Laws are the sovereigns of sovereigns.”

“I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women.”

“I would have praised you more had you praised me less.”

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

“My court was divided between peace and war according to their various interests, but I considered only their reasons.”

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“Ainsi dans le faste ostenstatoire d'une dernire crmonie, le bourgeois, laissant ses fils un hritage plus riche que celui qu'il a reu de son pre, quite ce monde o il a conu au moins deux grands sou...”

— Georges Mongrdien, La Vie Quotidienne sous Louis XIV

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

— Louis XIV

Man Conquer Little

“I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women.”

— Louis XIV

Funny Europe Two

“My court was divided between peace and war according to their various interests, but I considered only their reasons.”

— Louis XIV

War Divided Between

“It is legal because I wish it.”

— Louis XIV

Wish I Wish Because

“Laws are the sovereigns of sovereigns.”

— Louis XIV

Laws

“I would have praised you more had you praised me less.”

— Louis XIV

praise

“I am the State.”

— Louis XIV

royalty

“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.”

— Louis XIV

Peace Great Child

“Ainsi dans le faste ostenstatoire d'une dernière cérémonie, le bourgeois, laissant à ses fils un héritage plus riche que celui qu'il a reçu de son père, quite ce monde où il a conu au moins deux gr...”

— Georges Mongrédien, La Vie Quotidienne sous Louis XIV

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