11 quotes
Beneath the rule of men entirely great,
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Richelieu (1839)
In the lexicon of youth, which fate reserves
For a bright manhood, there is no such word
As "fail".
Richelieu (1839)
Love thou, and if thy love be deep as mine,
Thou wilt not laugh at poets.
Richelieu (1839)
I have wrought great use out of evil tools.
Richelieu (1839)
Come, Death, and snatch me from disgrace.
Richelieu (1839)
Take away the sword—
States can be saved without it!
Richelieu (1839)
It is strange so great a statesman should
Be so sublime a poet.
Richelieu (1839)
You speak
As one who fed on poetry.
Richelieu (1839)
Our glories float between the earth and heaven
Like clouds which seem pavilions of the sun,
And are the playthings of the casual wind.
Richelieu (1839)
Love hath no need of words.
Richelieu (1839)
Sublime Philosophy!
Thou art the patriarch’s ladder, reaching heaven;
And bright with beckoning angels—but alas!
We see thee, like the patriarch, but in dreams,
By the first step, dull slumbering on the earth.
Richelieu (1839)