 | 1858 - 422 pagina’s
...not for their capacity, but for their want of it. He liked to form them, as he said; liked to tench them even the most trifling things. It was the same with his generals. lie took credit to himself for instrncting them ; wished it to be thought that from his cahinet he... | |
 | Louis de Rouvroy duc de Saint-Simon - 1901 - 406 pagina’s
...nobody to be in any way superior to him. Thus he chose his ministers, not for their knowledge, _bjii for their ignorance; not for their capacity, but for...his household, his mansions; would even instruct his cooksv>whcrrect!lVe'd, like novices, lessons they had known by heartfor years. Thisjranity, this unmeasured... | |
 | Louis de Rouvroy duc de Saint-Simon - 1910 - 496 pagina’s
...became weakness. He reigned, indeed, in little things; the great he could Vol. 12 885 Memoirs— N never reach : even in the former, too, .he was often...novices, lessons they had known by heart for years. Thjs_vanity, this unmeasured-and unreasonable_Love of aHnn'raTtrm^waTs fog J3liiu His ministersTms... | |
 | Margaret Lucille Kekewich - 1994 - 276 pagina’s
...greatest success in love. The intrigues and adventures which early in life he had been engaged in ... had exercised an unfortunate influence upon him: he...cabinet he commanded and directed all his armies. . . . This vanity, this unmeasured and unreasonable love of admiration, was his ruin. His ministers,... | |
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N never reach : even in the former, too, .he was often governed. The superior ability of his early ministers and his early generals soon wearied him. He liked nobody to be in any way superior to him. Thus he chose his ministers, not for their knowledge,... 