Louis XIV, painted by Charles Le Brun
Though Louis XIV lived for years in marital infidelity, having relations with mistresses, he always paid close attention to the preachers whose duty it was to reprimand him and the other members of the Court for their errors.
Father Jules Mascaron
When some nobles complained to Louis XIV about a sermon of Father Jules Mascaron that had displeased them, the king cut them short: “The preacher fulfilled his duty. It is now up to us to fulfill ours.”
Leon D. Beuageste, A Volta ao Mundo da Nobreza (São Paulo: Editora Artpress, 2007), 314. (Nobility.org translation. Internal citation omitted.)
Short Stories on Honor, Chivalry, and the World of Nobility—no. 445
