On Louis XVI
"The King surprised me...
I had been told that his education had been neglected, that he knew nothing, had little spirit. I was astonished, in talking with him, to see that he knew geography very well, that he had sound ideas in politics, that the happiness of his people was always in his thoughts and that he was full of good sense, which is worth more in a prince than a brilliant intellect; but he distrusted himself too much."
-Prince Henry of Prussia
Durant, Will, and Ariel Durant. 1935. Rousseau and Revolution: A History of Civilization in France, England, and Germany from 1756, and in the Remainder of Europe from 1715 - 1789 (The Story of Civilization X)
. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Durant, Will, and Ariel Durant. 1935. Rousseau and Revolution: A History of Civilization in France, England, and Germany from 1756, and in the Remainder of Europe from 1715 - 1789 (The Story of Civilization X)
. New York: Simon and Schuster. 
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