Thomas Babington Macaulay Quote

Louis XIV had shown, in an eminent degree, two talents invaluable to a prince, the talent of choosing his servants well, and the talent of appropriating to himself the chief part of the credit of their acts.


History of England vol. 1 (1849)


Louis XIV had shown, in an eminent degree, two talents invaluable to a prince, the talent of choosing his servants well, and the talent of...

Louis XIV had shown, in an eminent degree, two talents invaluable to a prince, the talent of choosing his servants well, and the talent of...

Louis XIV had shown, in an eminent degree, two talents invaluable to a prince, the talent of choosing his servants well, and the talent of...

Louis XIV had shown, in an eminent degree, two talents invaluable to a prince, the talent of choosing his servants well, and the talent of...