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

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

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

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

You lie, All-father. You lie in the way that some folk breathe. — Neil Gaiman

You can't give away what's mine. — Kristen Ashley

Seeing the Olympics come to China made me want to get more involved. — Michael Chang

What we have in common is what keeps us apart. — Louise Bernikow

It must become a right of every person to die of old age. And if we secure this right for ourselves, we can, coincidentally, assure it for the planet. — Alice Walker

Of all rewards none [is] more liberal than those given to secret agents. — Sun Tzu

Keep things simple. It will not help you if you keep on overcomplicating work-related stuff. It is difficult to move under a complicated context. — Mick McPherson

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

Never write a letter and never destroy one. — Cardinal Richelieu

Did you think I was immortal? — Cardinal Richelieu

Walk in the narrow streets after midnight under moonlight! Tranquillity is like a sugar for the mind; you think better in the silence of empty spaces! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

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

On the tech side, little start-ups can do something magnificent. They don't need too much in terms of plants and infrastructure. — Hamdi Ulukaya

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

The thing is, the only real sign of life is growth. And growth requires pain. So to choose life is to accept pain. — Richard Paul Evans

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

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

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

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

Wise judges are we of each other! — Cardinal Richelieu

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

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

When I'm rested, I'm at my best. — Halle Berry

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

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

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

Peace begins with a thought of love. — Debasish Mridha

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

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

Who will be my equal? — Cardinal Richelieu

To be a good friend remember that we are human magnets: that like attracts like and that as we give we get. — Bill Vaughan

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

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

When you're shooting 20-odd episodes in a season, the last thing you want is for each script to be the same tone. — Jonny Lee Miller

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

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

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