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

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

Cardinal Richelieu quotes: We may employ artifice to deceive a rival, anything against our enemies.

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

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

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

Cardinal Richelieu quotes: To know how to disguise is the knowledge of kings.

To know how to disguise is the knowledge of kings.

Cardinal Richelieu quotes: Wise judges are we of each other!

Wise judges are we of each other!

Cardinal Richelieu quotes: A single word has sometimes lost or won an empire ...

A single word has sometimes lost or won an empire ...

Cardinal Richelieu quotes: I have the consolation of leaving your kingdom in the highest degree of glory and of reputation.

I have the consolation of leaving your kingdom in the highest degree of glory and of reputation.

Cardinal Richelieu quotes: To mislead a rival, deception is permissable; one may use all means against his enemies.

To mislead a rival, deception is permissable; one may use all means against his enemies.

Cardinal Richelieu quotes: Carry on any enterprise as if all future success depended on it.

Carry on any enterprise as if all future success depended on it.

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

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

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

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

Cardinal Richelieu quotes: First, all means to conciliate; failing that, all means to crush.

First, all means to conciliate; failing that, all means to crush.

Cardinal Richelieu quotes: Did you think I was immortal?

Did you think I was immortal?

Cardinal Richelieu quotes: Never write a letter and never destroy one.

Never write a letter and never destroy one.

Cardinal Richelieu quotes: Who will be my equal?

Who will be my equal?

Cardinal Richelieu quotes: Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state.

Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state.

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

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

Cardinal Richelieu quotes: To know how to dissimulate is the knowledge of kings.

To know how to dissimulate is the knowledge of kings.

Cardinal Richelieu quotes: If God forbade drinking, would He have made wine so good?

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

Cardinal Richelieu quotes: Friendship is the medicine for all misfortune; but ingratitude dries up the fountain of all goodness.

Friendship is the medicine for all misfortune; but ingratitude dries up the fountain of all goodness.

Cardinal Richelieu quotes: Not the least of the qualities that go into the making of a great ruler is the ability of letting others serve him.

Not the least of the qualities that go into the making of a great ruler is the ability of letting others serve him.

Cardinal Richelieu quotes: I was excellent. Everybody loved me. I love myself, and I like bums.

I was excellent. Everybody loved me. I love myself, and I like bums.

Cardinal Richelieu quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Cardinal Richelieu quotes: I have never had any [enemies] other than those of the state.

I have never had any [enemies] other than those of the state.

Cardinal Richelieu quotes: I do not sleep to let others sleep in the shade of my waking.

I do not sleep to let others sleep in the shade of my waking.

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

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