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    'Ave you 'eard o' the Widow at Windsor
    With a hairy old crown on 'er 'ead?
    She 'as ships on the foam--she 'as millions at 'ome,
    An' she pays us poor beggars in red.

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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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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.

by Bible Found in: Royalty Quotes,
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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.

by Ben Jonson Found in: Royalty Quotes,
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Whatever I can say or do.
I'm sure not much avails;
I shall still Vicar be of read more

Whatever I can say or do.
I'm sure not much avails;
I shall still Vicar be of Bray,
Whichever side prevails.

by Samuel Butler 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.]

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And kind as kings upon their coronation day.

And kind as kings upon their coronation day.

by John Dryden 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.]

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

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O Richard! O my king!
The universe forsakes thee!

O Richard! O my king!
The universe forsakes thee!

by Michel Jean Sedaine Found in: Royalty Quotes,
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But all's to no end, for the time will not mend
Till the King enjoys his own again.

But all's to no end, for the time will not mend
Till the King enjoys his own again.

by Martyn Parker Found in: Royalty Quotes,
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