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    Though good faith should be banished from the rest of the world,
    it should be found in the mouths of kings.
    [Fr., Si la bonne foi etait bannie du reste du monde, il faudrait
    qu'on la trouvat dans la bouche des rois.]

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I dare be bold, you're one of those
Have took the covenant,
With cavaliers are cavaliers
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I dare be bold, you're one of those
Have took the covenant,
With cavaliers are cavaliers
And with the saints, a saint.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Royalty Quotes,
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Every noble crown is, and on Earth will forever be, a crown of
thorns.

Every noble crown is, and on Earth will forever be, a crown of
thorns.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Royalty Quotes,
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I loved no King since Forty One
When Prelacy went down,
A Cloak and Band I then read more

I loved no King since Forty One
When Prelacy went down,
A Cloak and Band I then put on,
And preached against the Crown.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Royalty Quotes,
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Ten poor men sleep in peace on one straw heap, as Saadi sings,
But the immensest empire is too read more

Ten poor men sleep in peace on one straw heap, as Saadi sings,
But the immensest empire is too narrow for two kings.

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Hener was the hero-king,
Heaven-born, dear to us,
Showing his shield
A shelter for read more

Hener was the hero-king,
Heaven-born, dear to us,
Showing his shield
A shelter for peace.

by Esaias Tegner Found in: Royalty Quotes,
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That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental
principle of the English constitution.

That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental
principle of the English constitution.

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The Prussian Sovereigns are in possession of a crown not be the
grace of the people, but by God's read more

The Prussian Sovereigns are in possession of a crown not be the
grace of the people, but by God's grace.

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Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper.

Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper.

by Louis Xiv Found in: Royalty Quotes,
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Ay, every inch a king.

Ay, every inch a king.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Royalty Quotes,
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