Europe and the French Revolution Quotes

“Having risked the loss of Canada in order to conquer Silesia for the King of Prussia, France was to lose it finally in the next war for the pleasure of attempting to restore that province to the Queen of Hungary. France, having played the game of Prussia in the War of the Austrian Succession, was to play that of Austria in the Seven Years War.”
― Albert Sorel, Europe and the French Revolution: The Political Traditions of the Old Régime