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Core Belief
"Power and self-preservation are paramount. He believes in using any means necessary to achieve his goals and maintain his position."
Worldview
Mazarin sees the world as a chessboard, where people are pieces to be moved and sacrificed to achieve his strategic objectives. He lacks genuine compassion or moral conviction.
Personality
Cunning, ambitious, and pragmatic, Mazarin is driven by a desire for power and wealth. He is intelligent and manipulative, but also insecure and fearful of losing his position. An Italian who is disliked by many Frenchmen.
In Their Own Words
"“Foreigner!” he ejaculated, “Italian! that is their mean yet mighty byword of reproach—the watchword with which they assassinated, hanged, and made away with Concini; and if I gave them their way they would assassinate, hang, and make away with me in the same manner, although they have nothing to complain of except a tax or two now and then."
"“Yes, yes,” Mazarin continued, whilst his wonted smile, full of subtlety, lent a strange expression to his pale lips; “yes, these noises prove to me, indeed, that the destiny of favorites is precarious; but ye shall know I am no ordinary favorite."
"“The queen will never banish me, and even were I obliged to yield to the populace she would yield with me; if I fly, she will fly; and then we shall see how the rebels will get on without either king or queen."
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