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 Princes are like to heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil 
times; and which have much veneratoin, but no read more 
 Princes are like to heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil 
times; and which have much veneratoin, but no rest. 
 The court is like a palace built of marble; I mean that it is 
made up of very hard read more 
 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.] 
 Clemency is the surest proof of a true monarch.
 [Fr., La clemence est la plus belle marque
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 Clemency is the surest proof of a true monarch.
 [Fr., La clemence est la plus belle marque
  Qui fasse a l'univers connaitre un vrai monqrque.] 
Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper.
Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper.
 Der Kaiser of dis Faderland,
 Und Gott on high all dings commands,
  We two--ach! Don't you understand?
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 Der Kaiser of dis Faderland,
 Und Gott on high all dings commands,
  We two--ach! Don't you understand?
   Myself--und Gott. 
 Hail, glorious edifice, stupendous work!
 God bless the Regent, and the Duke of York.  
 Hail, glorious edifice, stupendous work!
 God bless the Regent, and the Duke of York. 
 A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his 
government is groping.  
 A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his 
government is groping. 
 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? 
intendest thou to kill me, as read more 
 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? 
intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedest the Egyptian? And 
Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. 
 The rule
 Of the many is not well. One must be chief
  In war and one the read more 
 The rule
 Of the many is not well. One must be chief
  In war and one the king.