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Assuredly Men Of Merit Are Never Lacking At Any Time, For Those Are The Men Who Manage Affairs, And It Is Affairs That Produce The Men. I Have Never Searched, And I Have Always Found Under My Hand The Men Who Have Served Me, And For The Most Part I Have Been Well Served.

I Will Live To Make Myself Not Feared.

I Shall Be An Autocrat: That's My Trade. And The Good Lord Will Forgive Me: That's His.

The Trouble Is That My Heart Is Loath To Be Without Love Even For A Single Hour. ... If You Want To Keep Me Forever, Then Show As Much Friendship As Love, And More Than Anything Else, Love Me And Tell Me The Truth.

God, Grant Us Our Desires, And Grant Them Quickly.