Laws are the sovereigns of sovereigns.

Louis XIV
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More Quotes By Louis XIV
  1. I would have praised you more had you praised me less.

  2. I am the State.

  3. There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.

  4. My child, you are going to be a great king; do not imitate me in the taste I have had for building, or in that I have had for war; try, on the contrary, to be at peace with your neighbors.

  5. I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women.

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