Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'I have made my will; I have been tormented to do it. I have bought repose; I know the powerlessness and inutility of it.' Read More Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'We can do all we wish while we live; afterward, we are less than the meanest.' Read More Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'As for restitutions, to nobody in particular do I owe any, but as for those I owe to the realm, I hope in the mercy of God.' Read More Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'Always follow good counsels.' Read More Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'My court was divided between peace and war according to their various interests, but I considered only their reasons.' Read More Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'That's what troubles me: I should like to suffer more for the expiation of my sins.' Read More Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'Has God forgotten all I have done for Him.' Read More Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'I am dying, but the state remains.' Read More Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'Render to God what you owe him; recognize the obligations you are under to him.' Read More Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'The Pyrenees are no more.' Read More Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'Laws are the sovereigns of sovereigns.' Read More Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women.' Read More Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'It is impossible to please all the world.' Read More Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'First feelings are always the most natural.' Read More Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper.' Read More Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.' Read More Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful.' Read More Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'I am the state.' Read More Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'It is legal because I wish it.' Read More Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Alexander Hamilton: 'Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.' Read More Newer Posts Older Posts
Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'I have made my will; I have been tormented to do it. I have bought repose; I know the powerlessness and inutility of it.' Read More
Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'We can do all we wish while we live; afterward, we are less than the meanest.' Read More
Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'As for restitutions, to nobody in particular do I owe any, but as for those I owe to the realm, I hope in the mercy of God.' Read More
Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'My court was divided between peace and war according to their various interests, but I considered only their reasons.' Read More
Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'That's what troubles me: I should like to suffer more for the expiation of my sins.' Read More
Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'Has God forgotten all I have done for Him.' Read More
Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'Render to God what you owe him; recognize the obligations you are under to him.' Read More
Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women.' Read More
Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'First feelings are always the most natural.' Read More
Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper.' Read More
Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.' Read More
Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Louis XIV: 'Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful.' Read More
Odysseus 12/10/23 Odysseus 12/10/23 Alexander Hamilton: 'Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.' Read More