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I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women.

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Upon hearing the news of the French defeat at Malplaquet:
Has God forgotten all I have done for him?

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Every time that I fill a high office, I create a hundred discontented men and an ingrate.

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Every time I fill an office, I make a hundred malcontents and one ingrate.

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Every time I make an appointment, I create a hundred malcontents and one ingrate.

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Louis XIV of France

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Born: September 5, 1638
Died: September 1, 1715 (aged 76)
Bio: Louis XIV, also known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (le Roi Soleil), was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1643 until his death. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any monarch of a major country in European history.

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