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But Louis XIV had clever ministers, mainly men of humble origin chosen for their outstanding ability. — E.H. Gombrich

The African villager with a solar powered smartphone has more access to more information than Louis XIV in the halls of Versailles. — Walter Russell Mead

There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself. — Louis XIV

It is legal because I wish it. — Louis XIV

Peter the Great imagined himself as a Russian Louis XIV — Jennifer Homans

No monarch placed more emphasis on the veneration of the king's body than...Louis XIV. — Jennifer Homans

Every time I bestow a vacant office I make a hundred discontented persons and one ingrate. — Louis XIV

Every time I create an appointment, I create a hundred malcontents and one ingrate. — Louis XIV

The Pyrenees are no more. — Louis XIV

Had you but seen it, I promise you, your high-minded principles would have melted like candle wax. Never would you have wished such beauty away. — Jennifer Donnelly

The final argument of kings — Louis XIV

The years go by one after the other; time slips past us with out our being aware of it; we grow old like ordinary men and we shall end like them. — Louis XIV

I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women. — Louis XIV

Why are you weeping ? Did you imagine that I was immortal ? — Louis XIV

[Corneille] was inspired by Roman authors and Roman spirit, Racine with delicacy by the polished court of Louis XIV. — Horace Walpole

Laws are the sovereigns of sovereigns. — Louis XIV

Little by little, the old world crumbled, and not once did the king imagine that some of the pieces might fall on him. — Jennifer Donnelly

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

Impatience for victory guarantees defeat — Louis XIV

First feelings are always the most natural. — Louis XIV

Dance is very, very old. With Louis XIV at Versailles is where ballet started. — Neve Campbell

Only small minds want always to be right. — Louis XIV

Every time I fill a vacant office, I make ten malcontents and one ingrate. — Louis XIV

Has God forgotten all I have done for Him. — Louis XIV

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

Why do you weep? Did you think I was immortal? — Louis XIV Of France

Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper. — Louis XIV

The average American worker enjoys amenities for which Croesus, Crassus, the Medici, and Louis XIV would have envied him. — Ludwig Von Mises

How could they think Noel was hot? If this was REALLY Versailles, Noel SO would not be Louis XIV, he would be the French version of the village idiot — Sara Shepard

Has God forgotten everything I've done for him ? — Louis XIV