Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau quotes
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“When one meddles with the direction of a revolution, the problem is not how to make it go but how to keep it under control.”
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“I would not exchange my leisure hours for all the wealth in the world.”
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“I know you will guess all I leave unsaid.”
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“Short absence quickens love; long absence kills it.”
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“I shall make it my chief business to see that the [royal] executive power has its place in the constitution.”
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“To administer is to govern: to govern is to reign. That is the essence of the problem.”
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“Nothing is impossible to the man who will”
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“Love has the power of making you believe what you would normally treat with the deepest suspicion.”
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“None, but people of strong passion are capable of rising to greatness.”
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“If honesty did not exist, we ought to invent it as the best means of getting rich.”
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“Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls.”
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“Never let me hear that foolish word again.”
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