Qui a le profit de la guerre, il en a l'honneur. - Philippe de Commines

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Qui a le profit de la guerre, il en a l'honneur.

Philippe de Commines

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Philippe de Commines (otherwise de Commynes or de Comines) (c. 1447 – 1511) was a diplomat and historian from the Burgundian Netherlands whose career was mainly conducted at the French court. His Mémoires record with unique authority the history of his own times.

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Alternative Names: Philippe de Commynes

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Les roys et princes en sont trop plus forts, quand ils l'entreprennent du consentement de leurs subjets, et en sont plus craints de leurs ennemis.

Ces deux ducs dessusdits estoient sages après le coup (comme l'on dit des Bretons).

Nor should anything said after dinner be taken for counsel.

Qui a le profit de la guerre, il en a l'honneur. - Philippe de Commines

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