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Letter "K" » kings
«Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace.»
Author: Charles Sumner
(Abolitionist, Statesman)
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«Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
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«For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.»
«But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.»
Author: Bible
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«Don't you know my name yet? That's the only answer. Tell me, who are you alone, yourself and nameless? But you are young and I am old. Eldest, that's what I am. Mark my words, my friends: Tom was here before the river and the trees; Tom remembers the first raindrop and the first acorn. He made paths before the Big People, and saw the little People arriving. He was here before the Kings and the graves and the Barrow-wights. When the Elves passed westward, Tom was here already, before the seas were bent. He knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.»
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
(Author, Writer)
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«All I say is, kings is kings, and you got to make allowances. Take them all around, they're a mighty ornery lot. It's the way they're raised.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
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«We are either kings or pawns of men»
Author: Napoleon Bonaparte
(Emperor, General, Politician)
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«Every king springs from a race of slaves, and every slave had kings among his ancestors»
«And nothing can we call our own but deathAnd that small model of the barren earthWhich serves as paste and cover to our bones.For God's sake, let us sit upon the groundAnd tell sad stories of the death of kings.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
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«And what have kings that privates have not too,Save ceremony, save general ceremony?»
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