Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau Quotes & Sayings

None, but people of strong passion are capable of rising to greatness. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

I shall make it my chief business to see that the [royal] executive power has its place in the constitution. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

Short absence quickens love; long absence kills it. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

When one meddles with the direction of a revolution, the problem is not how to make it go but how to keep it under control. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

Love has the power of making you believe what you would normally treat with the deepest suspicion. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

To administer is to govern: to govern is to reign. That is the essence of the problem. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

If honesty did not exist, we ought to invent it as the best means of getting rich. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

Nothing is impossible to the man who will — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

I know you will guess all I leave unsaid. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

Never let me hear that foolish word again. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau

War is the national industry of Prussia. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte De Mirabeau