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It’s hard to imagine anyone was around to record famous King Louis XVI quotes, yet there are documents which have been preserved which tell an interesting tale of King Louis XVI and his very elaborate way of verbalizing his thoughts.
The following quotes are said to have been either his direct quotes or quotes used to describe King Louis XVI either during or after his life.
These quotes are also quotes which are thought to have been said to him or in his presence but are hard to determine how they were used precisely.
In 1789, the following quote was said to King Louis XVI. “It is not a revolt, it is a revolution.”
The man who enlightened King Louis XVI with his above sentiment, Francois la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, also said, “The young are generally full of revolt, and are often pretty revolting about it.”
His vocabulary seemed to revolve around the revolt and ‘rev’ words of the day.
The following quotes are said to have been quotes from the original memoirs of King Louis XVI:
“A liar ought to have a good memory.” This is true even today. A liar who is going to take the pains to tell a lie should at least take the time to remember it when they need to know what they said.
“Because he is fat, he is thought dull and heavy.”
“Dared to say to me so he writes.” This is something many of the writers of the days of King Louis XVI faced. If they could not say it, they wrote it.
“Do not repulse him in his fond moments.”
“I dared not touch that string.” King Louis XVI was a powerful man and because of his public stature, many would ‘dare not’ anything he might find displeasing regardless of what it pertained to at the time but it is unclear what context this was meant or even said.
“Listeners never hear any good of themselves.” This is a quote worth food for thought. It is a quote which could carry several meanings.
“Only retire to make room for another race.”
“Ridicule, than which no weapon is more false or deadly.” Ridicule, even today is deadly and vile. Hopefully one day it will cease.
“To despise money is to despise happiness and liberty.” What truer statement of the time? What truer statement of today.
King Louis XVI was a man who was loved at first and hated at last. If anyone understood ridicule, it was King Louis XVI. He lived it.
