Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau Quotes
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Nothing is impossible to the man who will
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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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I know you will guess all I leave unsaid.
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Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls.
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War is the national industry of Prussia.
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Short absence quickens love; long absence kills it.
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I would not exchange my leisure hours for all the wealth in the world.
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Never let me hear that foolish word again.
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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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None, but people of strong passion are capable of rising to greatness.
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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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If honesty did not exist, we ought to invent it as the best means of getting rich.
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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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Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
- Born: March 9, 1749
- Died: April 2, 1791
- Occupation: Historian
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