["So many are the advantages which monarchs gain by clemency, so great… — Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims

Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims — François de La Rochefoucauld

["So many are the advantages which monarchs gain by clemency, so greatly does it raise their fame and endear them to their subjects, that it is generally happy for them to have an opportunity of displaying it."--Montesquieu, Esprit Des Lois, Lib. VI., C. 21.]

Place: ¶105
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