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. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau Copy Share Image
Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau Copy Share Image
None, but people of strong passion are capable of rising to greatness. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau Copy Share Image
I shall make it my chief business to see that the [royal] executive power has its place in the constitution. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau Copy Share Image
If honesty did not exist, we ought to invent it as the best means of getting rich. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau Copy Share Image
Nothing is impossible to the man who will — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau Copy Share Image
I know you will guess all I leave unsaid. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau Copy Share Image
Short absence quickens love; long absence kills it. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau Copy Share Image
War is the national industry of Prussia. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau Copy Share Image
Never let me hear that foolish word again. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau Copy Share Image
I would not exchange my leisure hours for all the wealth in the world. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau Copy Share Image
When one meddles with the direction of a revolution, the problem is not how to make it go but how to keep it under… — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau Copy Share Image