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• Every one is fond of comparing himself to something great and grandiose, as Louis XIV likened himself to the sun, and others… — Francois Magendie
• The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all. ... One might point out how… — Oscar Wilde
• The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes. Change is the one quality we can predicate… — Oscar Wilde
• The President wants me to argue that he is as powerful a monarch as Louis XIV, only four years at a time,… — Richard M. Nixon
• Qu'ils mangent de la brioche. Let them eat cake. On being told that her people had no bread. Attributed to Marie-Antoinette, but… — Marie Antoinette
• The modern scene in decoration is not a unified or controlled one. The unified control of the arts during the reign of… — Van Day Truex
• Earlier maps had underestimated the distances to other continents and exaggerated the outlines of individual nations. Now global dimensions could be set,… — Dava Sobel
• Even 51 per cent of a nation can establish a totalitarian and dictatorial règime, suppress minorities, and still remain democratic; there is,… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
• When Louis XIV assumed the reins of government France suddenly and wonderfully came to her maturity; it was as if the whole… — Lytton Strachey
• Dance is very, very old. With Louis XIV at Versailles is where ballet started. — Neve Campbell
• How could they think Noel was hot? If this was REALLY Versailles, Noel SO would not be Louis XIV, he would be… — Sara Shepard

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