Did Louis XIV really say 'Gentlemen, I pray you to believe that I am not so old as I appear.'?

Louis XIV Quote Source & Citation:

Gentlemen, I pray you to believe that I am not so old as I appear.

— Louis XIV Early Modern · Sun King of France

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"The profession of a king is great, noble, and delightful."

"Has God forgotten all I have done for Him?"

"One must make oneself feared, but not hated."

"It is legal because I wish it."

"I am the sun."

Said to his courtiers in his later years, perhaps after an illness.

Date: c. 1700s

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