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Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.
A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.
Knowest thou not that kings have long hands?
[Lat., An nescis longos regibus esse manus?]
Knowest thou not that kings have long hands?
[Lat., An nescis longos regibus esse manus?]
And fearless minds climb soonest unto crowns.
And fearless minds climb soonest unto crowns.
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.
O Richard! O my king!
The universe forsakes thee!
O Richard! O my king!
The universe forsakes thee!
'Tis so much to be a king, that he only is so by being so.
- Michael read more
'Tis so much to be a king, that he only is so by being so.
- Michael Eyquen de Montaigne,
In that fierce light which beats upon a throne.
In that fierce light which beats upon a throne.
