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It is the misfortune of men to want to do a thing well, even a thing they do not want to do at all.
The Short Reign of Pippin IV (1957)
You are a good man, Sire, and a good man draws women as cheese draws mice.
The Short Reign of Pippin IV (1957)
I have known many people to ask for advice but very few who wanted it and none who followed it.
The Short Reign of Pippin IV (1957)
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps fear of a loss of power.
The Short Reign of Pippin IV (1957)
I don't anticipate trouble and so I anticipate trouble.
The Short Reign of Pippin IV (1957)
It is a matter of disillusion to young male Americans otherwise informed, to discover that the French are a moral people — judged, that is, by American country-club standards.
The Short Reign of Pippin IV (1957)
The one thing our species is helpless against is good fortune. It first puzzles, then frightens, then angers, and finally destroys us.
The Short Reign of Pippin IV (1957)