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When people are too comfortab...

When people are too comfortable, it is not possible to restrain them within the bounds of their duty? They may be compared to mules who, being accustomed to burdens, are spoilt by rest rather than labour.

Armand Jean du Plessis Richelieu 45 quotes

We may employ artifice to dec...

We may employ artifice to deceive a rival, anything against our enemies.

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If God forbade drinking, woul...

If God forbade drinking, would He have made wine so good?

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A virtuous and well-disposed ...

A virtuous and well-disposed person, like a good metal, the more he is fired, the more he is fined; the more he is opposed, the more he is approved: wrongs may well try him, and touch him, but cannot imprint in him any false stamp.

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Give me six lines written by ...

Give me six lines written by the most honorable person alive, and I shall find enough in them to condemn them to the gallows.

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Had Luther and Calvin been co...

Had Luther and Calvin been confined before they had begun to dogmatize, the states would have been spared many troubles.

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Reason must be the universal ...

Reason must be the universal rule and guide; all things must be done according to reason without allowing oneself to be swayed by emotion.

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Nothing so upholds the laws a...

Nothing so upholds the laws as the punishment of persons whose rank is as great as their crime.

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Nothing is as dangerous for t...

Nothing is as dangerous for the state as those who would govern kingdoms with maxims found in books.

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Harshness towards individuals...

Harshness towards individuals who flout the laws and commands of the state is for the public good; no greater crime against the public interest is possible than to show leniency to those who violate it.

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Did you think I was immortal?...

Did you think I was immortal?

Armand Jean du Plessis Richelieu 45 quotes

Bakers of bread rolls and pas...

Bakers of bread rolls and pastry cooks will not buy grain before eleven o'clock in winter and noon in summer; bakers of large loaves will not buy grain before two o'clock. This will enable the people of the town to obtain their supply first. Bakers shall put a distinctive trademark on their loaves, and keep weights and scales in their shops, under penalty of having their licenses removed.

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A single word has sometimes l...

A single word has sometimes lost or won an empire.

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To know how to disguise is th...

To know how to disguise is the knowledge of kings.

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One must believe neither the ...

One must believe neither the people of the palace, who ordinarily measure the power of the king by the shape of his crown, which, being round, has no end, nor those who, in the excesses of an indiscreet zeal, proclaim themselves openly as partisans of Rome.

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To know how to dissemble is t...

To know how to dissemble is the knowledge of kings. [Fr., Savoir dissimuler est le savoir des rois.]

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Secrecy is the first essentia...

Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of the State.

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To know how to dissimulate is...

To know how to dissimulate is the knowledge of kings.

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War is one of the scourges wi...

War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men.

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If you give me six lines writ...

If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.

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