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To know how to dissimulate is the knowledge of kings.
— Cardinal Richelieu
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Cardinal Richelieu
politician, diplomat, art collector, writer, Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
1585 – 1642
Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu, commonly known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French Catholic prelate and statesman who had an outsized influence in civil and religious affairs. He became known as the Red Eminence, a term derived from the style of Eminence applied to cardinals and their customary red robes.
All Quotes by Cardinal Richelieu
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If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.
— Cardinal Richelieu
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Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state.
— Cardinal Richelieu
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Had Luther and Calvin been confined before they had begun to dogmatize, the states would have been spared many troubles.
— Cardinal Richelieu
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Harshness towards individuals who flout the laws and commands of state is for the public good; no greater crime against the public interest is possible than to show leniency to those who violate it.
— Cardinal Richelieu