I also pardon whoever will kill you  

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"I also pardon whoever will kill you" is a dictum attributed to Louis XV of France. The subject of the dictum is Charles, Count of Charolais, after he had killed a man to divert himself.

The translation above is taken from an unidentified edition of Philosophy in the Bedroom (1795) by Marquis de Sade where the full passage reads:

'"I grant you pardon," said Louis XV to Comte de Charolais, who, to divert himself, had just killed a man; "but I also pardon whoever will kill you."'

Marquis de Sade's source was probably Vie privée de Louis XV, ou Principaux événemens, particularités et anecdotes de son règne (1781) by Barthélemy-François-Joseph Mouffle d'Angerville where the passage reads:

"C'est une tradition constante que ce Prince, dans sa jeunesse goutait un plaisir affreux et barbare à tuer un homme, comme les enfant à écraser une mouche. Mais quand il demandait sa grace, le meurtre était toujours l'effet ou d'un malheureux hasard ou de la nécessîté. Un jour, en lui en accordant une pareille, le roi lui dit: la voilà; je vous déclare en même temps que la grace de celui qui vous tuera est toute prête." --




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