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For God's sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings!
How some have been deposed, some slain in war,
Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed,
Some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping killed--
All murdered; for within the hollow crown
That rounds the mortal temples of a king
Keeps Death his court; and there the antic sits,
Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp;
Allowing him a breath, a little scene,
To monarchize, be feared, and kill with looks;
Infusing him with self and vain conceit,
As if this flesh which walls about our life
Were brass impregnable; and humored thus,
Comes at the last, and with a little pin
Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king!
Cover your heads, and mock not flesh and blood
With solemn reverence, Throw away respect,
Tradition, form, and ceremonious duty;
For you have but mistook me all this while.
I live with bread like you, feel want, taste grief,
Need friends. Subjected thus,

by William Shakespeare Found in Royalty Quotes,

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He who knows how to dissimulate knows how to reign.
[Fr., Qui nescit dissimulare, nescit regnare.]

by Vicentius Lupanus (vincent De La Loupe) Found in: Royalty Quotes,

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There was a king of Thule,
Was faithful till the grave,
To whom his mistress dying,
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There was a king of Thule,
Was faithful till the grave,
To whom his mistress dying,
A golden goblet gave.
[Ger., Es war ein Konig in Tule
Gar treu bis an das Grab,
Dem sterbend seine Buhle
Einen gold'nen Becher gab.]

by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Found in: Royalty Quotes,

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God bless the King--I mean the faith's defender;
God bless (no harm in blessing) the pretender;
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God bless the King--I mean the faith's defender;
God bless (no harm in blessing) the pretender;
But who the pretender is, or who is King--
God bless us all--that's quite another thing.

by John Byrom Found in: Royalty Quotes,

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The Royall Crowne cures not the head-ach.
[The Royal Crown cures not the headache.]

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings, Royalty Sayings,

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Why, our battalia trebles that account:
Besides, the king's name is a tower of strength,
Which they read more

Why, our battalia trebles that account:
Besides, the king's name is a tower of strength,
Which they upon the adverse faction want.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Royalty Quotes,

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The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary
commonwealth.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Royalty Quotes,

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To know how to dissemble is the knowledge of kings.
[Fr., Savoir dissimuler est le savoir des rois.]

by Armand Jean Du Plessis Duc De Richelieu Found in: Royalty Quotes,

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The throne of another is not stable for thee.
[Lat., Alieno in loco
Haud stabile regnum est.]

by Seneca (lucius Annaeus Seneca) Found in: Royalty Quotes,

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And in the years he reigned; through all the country wide,
There was no cause for weeping, save when read more

And in the years he reigned; through all the country wide,
There was no cause for weeping, save when the good man died.
[Fr., Ce n'est que lorsqu'il expira
Que le peuple, qui l'enterra pleura.]

by Pierre Jean De Beranger Found in: Royalty Quotes,

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