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Famous Cardinal Richelieu Quotes
“To mislead a rival, deception is permissable; one may use all means against his enemies.”
“I have never had any [enemies] other than those of the state.”
“First, all means to conciliate; failing that, all means to crush.”
“We may employ artifice to deceive a rival, anything against our enemies.”
“Nothing so upholds the laws as the punishment of persons whose rank is as great as their crime.”
“I do not sleep to let others sleep in the shade of my waking.”
“I have the consolation of leaving your kingdom in the highest degree of glory and of reputation.”
“War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men.”
“Carry on any enterprise as if all future success depended on it.”