Merovingian

"The purpose of a system is what it does."

"Choice is an illusion created between those with power and those without."

"You see, I am a trafficker of information. I know things."

"But what is the Matrix but a system, yes? And all systems have rules."

"There is no escape from cause and effect."

"What is real? If you can taste it, smell it, see it, then it is real."

"I have sampled every language, every form of cuisine, every art from every culture."

"For all intents and purposes, I am French."

"You are here because you were sent here."

"The secret is not the goal, it is the path."

"Everything that has a beginning has an end."

"You must understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged."

"Cause and effect, mon ami."

"I admire your choice to seek the truth."

"Power is an addiction, yes?"

"But what is power without knowledge?"

"The best weapons are forged in the fires of necessity."

"To understand one's enemy is to know oneself."

"I have seen empires rise and fall."

"Money is merely information flowing through a system."

"The human condition is delightful in its complexity."

"You cannot escape your nature any more than you can escape gravity."

"What you seek is already within you."

"The pursuit of pleasure is the pursuit of truth."

"All things must balance, yes?"

"Betrayal is merely a matter of perspective."

"I deal in absolutes, not possibilities."

"To be human is to be caught between desire and duty."

"The future is written by those with the will to write it."

"You are here for a reason, but not the reason you believe."