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    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.]

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Now let us sing, long live the king.

Now let us sing, long live the king.

by William Cowper Found in: Royalty Quotes,
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I am the State.
[Fr., L'etat c'est moi.]

I am the State.
[Fr., L'etat c'est moi.]

by Louis Xi Found in: Royalty Quotes,
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His legs bestrid the ocean: his reared arm
Crested the world: his voice was propertied
As all read more

His legs bestrid the ocean: his reared arm
Crested the world: his voice was propertied
As all the tuned spheres, and that to friends;
But when he meant to quail and shake the orb,
He was as rattling thunder.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Royalty Quotes,
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Every subject's duty is the king's, but every subject's soul is
his own.

Every subject's duty is the king's, but every subject's soul is
his own.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Royalty Quotes,
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The court is like a palace built of marble; I mean that it is
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The court is like a palace built of marble; I mean that it is
made up of very hard but very polished people.
[Fr., La cour est comme un edifice bati de marbre; je veux dire
qu'elle est composee d'hommes fort durs mais fort polis.]

by Jean De La Bruyere Found in: Royalty Quotes,
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That man is deceived who thinks it slavery to live under an
excellent prince. Never does liberty appear in read more

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.
[Lat., Fallitur egregio quisquis sub principe credet
Servitutem. Nunquam libertas gratior extat
Quam sub rege pio.]

by Claudian (claudianus) Found in: Royalty Quotes,
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Over all good things certain, this is sure indeed,
Suffer not the old King, for we know the breed.

Over all good things certain, this is sure indeed,
Suffer not the old King, for we know the breed.

by Rudyard Kipling Found in: Royalty Quotes,
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Whenever monarchs err, the people are punished.
[Lat., Quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi.]

Whenever monarchs err, the people are punished.
[Lat., Quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi.]

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Broad-based upon her people's will,
And compassed by the inviolate sea.

Broad-based upon her people's will,
And compassed by the inviolate sea.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: Royalty Quotes,
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