Louis XVIII of France Quotes

• A king should die standing.

  Louis XVIII of France

  Kings, Should, Last Words

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• Punctuality is the politeness of kings.

  Louis XVIII of France

  Kings, Punctuality, Politeness

  Attributed, in 'Souvenirs de J. Lafitte' (1844) bk. 1, ch. 3

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• The English, a spirited nation, claim the empire of the sea; the French, a calmer nation, claim that of the air.

  Louis XVIII of France

  Air, Sea, Empires

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 615-17, when Comte de Provence (1783). Impromter sur nos decouverte aerostatiques. Year of the aeronautical experiments of the brothers Montgolfier, Pilatre de Rozier, and Marquis d'Arlandes, 1922.

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