It is a 'beautiful maxim' that it is necessary to save five sous on unessential things, and to pour out millions when it is a question of your glory.


letter to Louis XIV, 1666

Jean-Baptiste Colbert Quotes

It is a 'beautiful maxim' that it is necessary to save five sous on unessential things, and to pour out millions when it is a question of your glory.

It is a 'beautiful maxim' that it is necessary to save five sous on unessential things, and to pour out millions when it is a question of your glory.

It is a 'beautiful maxim' that it is necessary to save five sous on unessential things, and to pour out millions when it is a question of your glory.

It is a 'beautiful maxim' that it is necessary to save five sous on unessential things, and to pour out millions when it is a question of your glory.