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Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau Quotes: If honesty did not exist, we ought to invent it as the best means of getting rich.
         

If honesty did not exist, we ought to invent it as the best means of getting rich.


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Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls.

Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls.



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.

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.



To administer is to govern: to govern is to reign. That is the essence of the problem.

To administer is to govern: to govern is to reign. That is the essence of the problem.




I shall make it my chief business to see that the [royal] executive power has its place in the constitution.

I shall make it my chief business to see that the [royal] executive power has its place in the constitution.



Love has the power of making you believe what you would normally treat with the deepest suspicion.

Love has the power of making you believe what you would normally treat with the deepest suspicion.



I know you will guess all I leave unsaid.

I know you will guess all I leave unsaid.



Short absence quickens love; long absence kills it.

Short absence quickens love; long absence kills it.



None, but people of strong passion are capable of rising to greatness.

None, but people of strong passion are capable of rising to greatness.



I would not exchange my leisure hours for all the wealth in the world.

I would not exchange my leisure hours for all the wealth in the world.





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The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.



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Who keeps the old akindle and adds new knowledge is fitted to be a teacher.



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For the first time in my career, I'm working in a fine-arts arena, so I'm finally getting some intelligent reviews.



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What is a woman? I assure you, I do not know ... I do not believe that anybody can know until she has expressed herself in all the arts and professions open to human skill.

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