Short absence quickens love; long absence kills it. See image Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
When one meddles with the direction of a revolution, the problem is not how to make it go but how to keep it under control. See image Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
I shall make it my chief business to see that the [royal] executive power has its place in the constitution. See image Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau