“ He wrapped himself in quotations — as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors. ”
- Rudyard Kipling- Copy
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“ Force and not opinion is the queen of the world; but it is opinion that uses the force. ”
- Blaise Pascal- Copy
- 872
“ I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his. ”
- Thomas Carlyle- Copy
- 424
“ I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade; and that good Lord will forgive me, that's his. ”
- Catherine the Great- Copy
- 683
“ A careless song, with a little nonsense in it now and then, does not mis-become a monarch. ”
- Horace Walpole- Copy
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“ Madame, bear in mind That princes govern all things — save the wind. ”
- Victor Hugo- Copy
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“ Queen Guenever, for whom I make here a little mention, that while she lived she was a true lover, and therefore she had a good end. ”
- Sir Thomas Malory- Copy
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“ Feast of Thomas the Apostle Good when He gives, supremely good; Nor less when He denies: Afflictions, from His sovereign hand, Are blessings in disguise. ”
- Brother Lawrence- Copy
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“ O, my lord, You said that idle weeds are fast in growth: The prince my brother hath outgrown me far. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 778
“ Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power. ”
- Lord Alfred Tennyson- Copy
- 544
“ Force and not opinion is the queen of the world; but it is opinion that uses the force. ”
- Blaise Pascal- Copy
- 677
“ A monarch's neck should always have a noose around it — it keeps him upright. ”
- Robert Anson Heinlein- Copy
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“ That man is deceived who thinks it slavery to live under an excellent prince. Never does liberty appear in a more gracious form than under a pious king. ”
- Claudian- Copy
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“ A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his government is groping. ”
- Ben Jonson- Copy
- 3.3K
“ The gates of monarchs Are arched so high that giants may jet through And keep their impious turbans on without Good morrow to the sun. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ Here lies our Sovereign Lord, the King whose word no man relies on: He never said a foolish thing nor ever did a wise one. ”
- John Wilmot- Copy
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“ I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself being queen of this country. ”
- Princess Diana- Copy
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“ She is incredibly fit, but we remind staff that she's not just the monarch, but our mother. ”
- Prince Andrew- Copy
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“ O how wretched is that poor man that hangs on princes favors! There is betwixt that smile we would aspire to, that sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, more pangs and fears than wars or women have, and when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, never to hope again. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ The sovereign God wants to be loved for Himself and honored for Himself, but that is only part of what He wants. The other part is that He wants us to know that when we have Him we have everything — we have all the rest. ”
- A. W. Tozer- Copy
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“ This senior-junior, giant-dwarf, Dan Cupid; Regent of love-rhymes, lord of folded arms, The anointed sovereign of sighs and groans, Liege of all loiterers and malcontents. - Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iii. Sc. 1. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 1.6K
“ What, man! more water glideth by the mill That wots the miller of; and easy it is Of a cut loaf to steal a shive, we know: Though Bassianus be the emperor's brother, Better then he have worn Vulcan's badge. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 331
“ Just carrying a ruler with you in your pocket should be forbidden, at least on a moral basis. The ruler is the symbol of the new illiteracy. The ruler is the symptom of the new disease, disintegration of our civilisation. ”
- Friedensreich Hundertwasser- Copy
- 2.3K
“ An unstable pilot steers a leaking ship, and the blind is leading the blind straight to the pit. The ruler is like the ruled. ”
- Saint Jerome- Copy
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