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Louis XIV
(
the "Sun King"
) 1638–1715
(
the "Sun King"
) 1638–1715
1
L'État c'est moi.
I
am the State.
before the Parlement de Paris, 13 April 1655
Every time I create an appointment, I create a hundred malcontents and one ingrate.
Il n'y a plus de Pyrénées.The Pyrenees are no more.
on the accession of his grandson to the throne of Spain, 1700
L'État c'est moi.
I
am the State.
before the Parlement de Paris, 13 April 1655
probably apocryphal; J. A. Dulaure
Histoire de Paris
(1834) vol. 6
Every time I create an appointment, I create a hundred malcontents and one ingrate.
Voltaire
Siècle de Louis XIV
(1768 ed.) vol. 2, ch. 26
Il n'y a plus de Pyrénées.The Pyrenees are no more.
on the accession of his grandson to the throne of Spain, 1700
attributed to Louis by Voltaire in
Siècle de Louis XIV
(1753) ch. 26, but to the Spanish Ambassador to France in the
Mercure Galant
(Paris) November 1700
Louis XVI
1754–93
1754–93
1
diary entry for 14 July 1789, the day of the storming of the Bastille:
Rien.Nothing.
diary entry for 14 July 1789, the day of the storming of the Bastille:
Rien.Nothing.
Simon Schama
Citizens
(1989) ch. 10
Louis XVIII
1755–1824
1755–1824
1
Remember that there is not one of you who does not carry in his cartridge-pouch the marshal's baton of the duke of Reggio; it is up to you to bring it forth.
L'exactitude est la politesse des rois.Punctuality is the politeness of kings.
Remember that there is not one of you who does not carry in his cartridge-pouch the marshal's baton of the duke of Reggio; it is up to you to bring it forth.
speech to Saint-Cyr cadets, 9 August 1819
L'exactitude est la politesse des rois.Punctuality is the politeness of kings.
attributed in
Souvenirs de J. Lafitte
(1844) bk. 1, ch. 3
Louis Philippe
1773–1850
1773–1850
1
Died, has he? Now I wonder what he meant by that?
of Talleyrand
Died, has he? Now I wonder what he meant by that?
of Talleyrand
attributed, perhaps apocryphal
Louis, Joe
1914–81
1914–81
1
He can run. But he can't hide.
of Billy Conn, his opponent, before a heavyweight title fight, 19 June 1946
He can run. But he can't hide.
of Billy Conn, his opponent, before a heavyweight title fight, 19 June 1946
Louis: My Life Story
(1947)
Lovelace, Ada
1815–52
1815–52
1
The Analytical Engine weaves algebraic patterns just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves.
of Babbage's mechanical computer
The Analytical Engine weaves algebraic patterns just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves.
of Babbage's mechanical computer
Luigi Menabrea
Sketch of the Analytical Engine invented by Charles Babbage
(1843), translated and annotated by Ada Lovelace, Note A
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