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Quotes from Henry IV

I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his pot every Sunday.
~ Henry IV
I would willingly give fifty thousand crowns to be able to say that I took Paris without costing the life of one single man.
~ Henry IV
Paris must not be a cemetery. I do not wish to reign over the dead.
~ Henry IV
Religion is not changed as easily as a shirt.
~ Henry IV
It is in the midst of disasters that bold men grow bolder.
~ Henry IV
I want every peasant to have a chicken in his pot on Sundays.
~ Henry IV
Hang yourself brave Crillon. We fought at Arques and you were not there.
~ Henry IV
I had rather be plundered by my enemies than by my friends.
~ Henry IV