Louis XIV Quotations

I see no point in reading.

The final argument of kings

Laws are the sovereigns of sovereigns.

Why do you weep? Did you think I was immortal?

Every time I fill a vacant office, I make ten malcontents and one ingrate.

Heaven deprives me of a wife who never caused me any other grief than that of her death. [Fr., Le ciel me prive d'une epouse qui ne m'a jamais donne d'autre chagrin que celui de sa mort.]

I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women.

Why are you weeping ? Did you imagine that I was immortal ?

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

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