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

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I didn't get this dressed up to watch you mess around in the gutter with a bunch of motorcycles. " "They are pretty to look at," said Jace. "You have to admit that. " "So am I," said Isabelle.

Louis XIV

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

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I am the State. [Fr. , L'etat c'est moi. ]

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One king, one law, one faith.

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Up to this moment I have been pleased to entrust the government of my affairs to the late Cardinal. It is now time that I govern them myself. You [secretaries and ministers of state] will assist me with your counsels when I ask for them. I request and order you to seal no orders except by my command,. . . I order you not to sign anything, not even a passport. . . without my command; to render account to me personally each day and to favor no one.

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It is legal because I wish it.

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Impatience for victory guarantees defeat

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