Man is immortal, his salvation is hereafter, The state has no immortality, its salvation is now or never

Cardinal Richelieu
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  1. Man is immortal, his salvation is hereafter, The state has no immortality, its salvation is now or never

  2. War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men.

  3. To know how to dissimulate is the knowledge of kings.

  4. Carry on any enterprise as if all future success depended on it.

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