Henry IV
Henry IV
crowns fifty life thousand took willingly
I would willingly give fifty thousand crowns to be able to say that I took Paris without costing the life of one single man.
enemies
I had rather be plundered by my enemies than by my friends.
reign
Paris must not be a cemetery. I do not wish to reign over the dead.
cannot kingdom peasant pot
I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his pot every Sunday.
disasters men midst
It is in the midst of disasters that bold men grow bolder.
religion
Religion is not changed as easily as a shirt.