More from Cardinal Richelieu

  1. Pour tromper un rival l'artifice est permis; on peut tout employer contres ses ennemis.
  2. Carry on any enterprise as if all future success depends on it.
  3. Qu'on me donne six lignes ecrites de la main du plus honnete homme, j'y trouverai de quoi le faire pendre.
  4. Had Luther and Calvin been confined before they had begun to dogmatize, the states would have been spared many troubles.
  5. Harshness towards individuals who flout the laws and commands of state is for the public good; no greater crime against the public interest…
  6. I have never had any [enemies] other than those of the state.
  7. I have the consolation of leaving your kingdom in the highest degree of glory and of reputation.
  8. Never write a letter and never destroy one

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