Charlemagne Quotes

“To have another language is to possess a second soul.”

“To know another language is to possess a second soul.”

“To love justice is the first step toward being just.”

“To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.”

“To spare the vanquished is to disarm the victor.”

“To wage war is human; to make peace, divine.”

“To want to be what one can be is purpose in life.”

“I consider it necessary to compel the rebellious to submit, for the sake of peace.”

“I have resolved never to start an unjust war, but never to end a legitimate one except by defeating my enemies.”

“Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.”

“The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.”

“Right action is better than knowledge; but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right.”