“The Pyrenees have ceased to exist.”

Il n'y a plus de Pyrénées.
On his grandson becoming King of Spain, quoted in Voltaire, Le Siècle de Louis XIV (1751), ch.28

Original

Il n’y a plus de Pyrénées.

Au duc d’Anjou qui voulait partir en Espagne, le roi lui prévint que le royaume de France s’unira à celui d’Espagne car son petit-fils y régnera.
Le Siècle de Louis XIV
Variant: Il n'y a plus de Pyrénées.

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