Comte de Soissons

Famous quotes containing the words comte de and/or comte:

    “To administer is to govern: to govern is to reign. That is the essence of the problem.”
    —Honoré Gabriel Riquet, Comte De Mirabeau (1749–1791)

    “Throughout my life, I have seen narrow-shouldered men, without a single exception, committing innumerable stupid acts, brutalizing their fellows and perverting souls by all means. They call the motive for their actions fame.”
    —Isidore Ducasse, Comte de Lautréamont (1846–1870)