📖 Quote about probité
Encore qu'il soit de la probité d'un prince d'observer indispensablement ses paroles, il n'est pas de sa prudence de se fier absolument à celle d'autrui.
Although it is the integrity of a prince to absolutely observe his words, it is not his prudence to trust absolutely those of others.
— Louis XIV, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1638-Versailles 1715
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