Louis XIV Quotes

"Every time I bestow a vacant office I make a hundred discontented persons and one ingrate."
- Louis XIV
(Related: Time, Office)

"Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful."
- Louis XIV
(Related: Time)

"Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper."
- Louis XIV
(Related: Temper)

"First feelings are always the most natural."
- Louis XIV
(Related: Feelings, First)

"I am the state."
- Louis XIV
(Related: State)

"I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women."
- Louis XIV
(Related: Women, Europe)

"It is legal because I wish it."
- Louis XIV
(Related: Legal)

"Laws are the sovereigns of sovereigns."
- Louis XIV
(Related: Laws)

"The Pyrenees are no more."
- Louis XIV

"There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself."
- Louis XIV
(Related: Man)

"Has God forgotten all I have done for Him."
- Louis XIV
(Related: God)