Religion is no more national than conscience.

- Victor De Riqueti, Marquis De Mirabeau

Not kings alone--the people, too, have their flatterers.

- Victor De Riqueti, Marquis De Mirabeau

It is intolerance to speak of toleration. Away with the word from the dictionary!

- Victor De Riqueti, Marquis De Mirabeau

The most chaste woman may be the most voluptuous, if she truly loves.

- Victor De Riqueti, Marquis De Mirabeau

Let me die to the sounds of the delicious music.

- Victor De Riqueti, Marquis De Mirabeau

Nothing is impossible to the man that can will. Is that necessary? That shall be. This is the only law of success.

- Victor De Riqueti, Marquis De Mirabeau

Few persons comprehend the power of ugliness.

- Victor De Riqueti, Marquis De Mirabeau

In times of anarchy one may seem a despot in order to be a saviour.

- Victor De Riqueti, Marquis De Mirabeau

There are many things that are thorns to our hopes until we have attained them, and envenomed arrows to our hearts when we have.

- Victor De Riqueti, Marquis De Mirabeau