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Quote by Cardinal Richelieu

“To know how to disguise is the knowledge of kings.”

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Cardinal Richelieu was a French statesman and diplomat who served as the Chief Minister of King Louis XIII from 1624 to 1642. He is known for his centralization of power and his role in the construction of the French absolute monarchy. more

“Every morning I woke in dread, waiting for the day nurse to go on her rounds and announce from the list of names in her hand whether or not I was for shock treatment, the new and fashionable means of quieting people and of making them realize that orders are to be obeyed and floors are to be polished without anyone protesting and faces are to be made to be fixed into smiles and weeping is a crime.”

People Mean Made Hands Faces Order Names Waiting Realizing Morning Crime Goes On Rounds Lists Fixed Shock Treatment Nurse Dread Every Morning Psychiatry Weeping Fashionable Polished

Book:Faces in the water

Source: Faces in the water

“I like to see life with its teeth out.”

Teeth

Author:Janet Frame

“They think I'm going to be a schoolteacher but I'm going to be a poet.”

Thinking Poet

Book:The Complete Autobiography

Source: The Complete Autobiography

“Electricity, the peril the wind sings to in the wires on a gray day.”

Wind Gray Electricity Wire Peril Gray Days

Book:Faces in the water

Source: Faces in the water

“A man can dignify his rank; no rank Can dignify a man.”

Men Dignity

Author:Lucius Accius

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