1.
Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls.
Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
2.
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
3.
If honesty did not exist, we ought to invent it as the best means of getting rich.
Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
4.
To administer is to govern: to govern is to reign. That is the essence of the problem.
Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
5.
Nothing is impossible to the man who will
Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
6.
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
7.
Love has the power of making you believe what you would normally treat with the deepest suspicion.
Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
8.
I know you will guess all I leave unsaid.
Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
9.
Short absence quickens love; long absence kills it.
Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
10.
None, but people of strong passion are capable of rising to greatness.
Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
11.
War is the national industry of Prussia.
Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
12.
Never let me hear that foolish word again.
Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
13.
I would not exchange my leisure hours for all the wealth in the world.
Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau