The oak, when living, monarch of the wood; The English oak, which, dead, commands the flood. — Charles Churchill Copy Share Image
Riches cannot rescue from the grave, which claims alike the monarch and the slave. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
All of our miseries prove our greatness. They are the miseries of a dethroned monarch. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
When love could teach a monarch to be wise, And gospel-light first dawn'd from Bullen's eyes. — Thomas Gray Copy Share Image
All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains; They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds,… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Even monarchs have need of authors, and fear their pens more than ugly women the painter's pencil. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
I am a monarch of God's creation, and you reptiles of the earth dare not oppose me. I render an account of… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I still try to keep my eyes open. I'm always on the lookout for antlion traps in sandy soil, monarch pupae near… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
George VI in the conventional parlance was a Good King who sacrificed his life to his sense of duty. If we are… — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
Away with your president! We shall have a king... the army will salute him as monarch; your militia will leave you and… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
A monarch frequently represents his subjects better that an elected assembly; and if he is a good judge of character he is… — William Ralph Inge Copy Share Image
I believe that many people have forgotten what their roots are. This is one of the advantages of countries with a monarchy.… — Margrethe II of Denmark Copy Share Image
Once at a potent leader's voice I stayed; Once I went back when a good monarch prayed; Mortals, howe'er we grieve, howe'er… — Maurice Maeterlinck Copy Share Image
God himself, with reverence be it spoken, is not an absolute but a limited monarch, limited by the rule which infinite wisdom… — Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Copy Share Image
Man is so great that his greatness appears even in the consciousness of his misery. A tree does not know itself to… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
After Darwin, God's role changes from being the designer of all creatures great and small to being the designer of the laws… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
I believe that it is indeed easier for a woman who follows a male monarch, as it was in my case. There… — Margrethe II of Denmark Copy Share Image
Here in the United States, the Zionists and their co-religionists have complete control of our government. For many reasons, too many and… — Benjamin H. Freedman Copy Share Image
I think most presidents are amazed at the overwhelming responsibility they have when they enter office and the tremendous amount of work… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
“It is always a joy to meet an American, Mr. Moulton, for I am one of those who believes that the folly… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Rothschild is the Lord and Master of the money markets of the world, and of course virtually Lord and Master of everything… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
There was about all the Romans a heroic tone peculiar to ancient life. Their virtues were great and noble, and these virtues… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“Within Germany, unrest fermented after Germany lost World War I, and the German people, including the workers and the military, detested the… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Suppresed I Rise Copy Share Image
Aggression is simply another name for government. Aggression, invasion, government, are interconvertible terms. The essence of government is control, or the attempt… — Benjamin Tucker Copy Share Image
The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Cruel and paradoxical though it undoubtedly is, the record shows that yje most succesful 20th century monarchs have been those who were… — David Cannadine Copy Share Image
The functionaries of public power rarely strengthen in their dispositions to abridge it, and an unorganized call for timely amendment is not… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Tax time approaches, and Americans are as always paying H & R Block billions to help them save some of their wealth… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
Wealth from trade was the mainspring of Western material advance; the visible agents of change were great guns. These came of age… — Peter Padfield Copy Share Image
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) moved from a legitimate to a charismatic role, reversing the course followed by Washington. Yet therewere surface similarities in… — Garry Wills Copy Share Image
Better be secure under one king, than exposed to violence from twenty millions of monarchs, though oneself be one of them. — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
