Creative Quotations from Louis XIV (1638-1715)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Louis XIV
(1638-1715) born on Sep 05

French ruler. "He was King of France, 1643-1715, who ruled his country, principally from his great palace at Versailles."

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

"Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper."

First feelings are always the most natural.

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

"Whatever side I take, I know well that I will be blamed."

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997."
R:	Attributed.
A:	Repeated by Mme de Sevigne.
N:	"Remark made following the disgrace of the Duke of Lauzun, c. 1669; in "Le Siècle de Louis XIV," by Voltaire ch. 26, 1751."
K:	"In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997."