Nor should anything said after dinner be taken for counsel. - Philippe de Commines

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Nor should anything said after dinner be taken for counsel.

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

Kings and princes have much more power when they undertake some enterprise on the advice of their subjects. They are then more feared by their enemies.

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.

Nor should anything said after dinner be taken for counsel. - Philippe de Commines

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