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My fate is bound up with that of England, and whatever befalls the green isle, I shall not easily abandon it.

— Leopold I of Belgium

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My heart knows of no other ambition than that of seeing you happy.

You are as good a politician as you are a prelate.

I am saddened by the case of Constantinople, this journey was so well served to you, and you have spoiled it with a childishness.

Belgium is a boiler that needs valves.

He is as uncontrollable and crabby as one can imagine. Not to be understood, because neither his mother nor his father is like that.

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