Famous quotes containing the words duc de, duc and/or richelieu:
“We often are consoled by our want of reason for misfortunes that reason could not have comforted.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“Some people are so extremely whiffling and inconsiderable that they are as far from any real faults as from substantial virtues.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“To know how to dissimulate is the knowledge of kings.”
—Duc De Richelieu (1585–1642)