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 MirabeauI would not exchange my leisure hours for all the wealth in the world.
Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de MirabeauTo administer is to govern: to govern is to reign. That is the essence of the problem.
Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de MirabeauLove has the power of making you believe what you would normally treat with the deepest suspicion.
Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau