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Letter "K" » kings
«Punctuality is the politeness of kings»
«Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings.»
«One weeps not save when one is afraid, and that is why kings are tyrants.»
«Listen, lad. I built this kingdom up from nothing. When I started here, all there was was swamp. Other kings said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show 'em. It sank into the swamp. So, I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built a third one. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one... stayed up! And that's what you're gonna get, lad: the strongest castle in these islands.»
«Therefore kings gather round themselves men of good families, for they never forsake them either at the beginning, the middle or the end.»
«There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.»
Author: Plato
(Philosopher)
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«Love is the only bow of life's dark cloud. It is the Morning and Evening Star. It shines upon the cradle of the babe, and sheds its radiance upon the quiet tomb. It is the Mother of Art, inspirer of poet, patriot, and philosopher. It is the air and light of every heart, builder of every home, kinder of every fire on every hearth, It was the first dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody. Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to joy, and makes right royal kings of common clay.»
Author: Robert Green Ingersoll
(Orator, Statesman)
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«Kings in this should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.»
«My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.»
«Kings are earth's gods; in vice their law's their will.»
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