No, let the monarch's bags and others hold The flattering, mighty, nay, al-mighty gold. — John Wolcot Copy Share Image
Death is not the monarch for the dead, but of the dying. The moment he obtains a conquest he loses a subject. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. — John Milton Copy Share Image
No medieval monarch in the whole of British history ever had such power as every modern British Prime Minister has in his… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the centre all round to the sea,… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
They stood there, King of the Hill, Top of the Heap, Ruler of All They Surveyed, Unimpeachable Monarchs and Presidents, trying to… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Like or dislike her, the British Queen is harmless. Her role is purely ceremonial. Conversely, life and death are in the hands… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
I am the monarch of the sea, The Ruler of the Queen's Navee, Whose praise Great Britain loudly chants And we are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ignorant, unconscious and dishonourable part of a society want and like kings, dictators, padishahs and all sort of despots; educated, conscious and… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Have a similar outlook as a monarch. A ruler is not reluctant to come up short. Disappointment is an alternate steppingstone to… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
We talked about trying to create an image that would somehow, to an audience, create the sense of awe, wonder and shock… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
There are important arguments to be made about the relative merits of an hereditary or an elected head of state: but not… — David Cannadine Copy Share Image
It's like those eerie stories nurses tell, Of how some actor on a stage played Death, With pasteboard crown, sham orb and… — Robert Browning Copy Share Image
There is a difference between our wisdom and nature's simplicity. That reflects the burden of a complex intelligence. A complex intelligence like… — Alison Hawthorne Deming Copy Share Image
Culture implies all which gives the mind possession of its own powers, as languages to the critic, telescope to the astronomer. Culture… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Monarchs not only fashion their age, but are fashioned by it, so that they can become a sort of personification of the… — Eva Figes Copy Share Image
Monarchy can easily be "debunked," but watch the faces, mark well the debunkers. These are the men whose taproot in Eden has… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
More attention should have been given to the fundamental transformation which took place during Queen Victoria's reign, from ruling sovereign to constitutional… — David Cannadine Copy Share Image
I need no bodyguard at all, for even the bravest men who approach me get weak at the knees and their hearts… — Shaka Copy Share Image
Man has subdued the world, but woman has subdued man. Mind and muscle have won his victories; love and loveliness have gained… — Mary Abigail Dodge Copy Share Image
A single legislature, on account of the superabundance of its power, and the uncontrolled rabidity of its execution, becomes as dangerous to… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
For, what is a family without a steward, a ship without a pilot, a flock without a shepherd, a body without a… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
Is not the history of real civilization the slow and gradual emancipation of the intellect, of the judgment, from the mastery of… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Self-appointed monarchs are doomed to perdition, for they were not given their peoples blessing; their castles are built on a sandy ground. — Mehdi Guichi Copy Share Image
Clemency is the surest proof of a true monarch. [Fr., La clemence est la plus belle marque Qui fasse a l'univers connaitre… — Pierre Corneille Copy Share Image
When a wicked and unworthy subject annoyed the Sultan of Turkey or the Czar of Russia, he had his head cut of… — George Mikes Copy Share Image
The Eastern monarch who proclaimed a reward to him who should discover a new pleasure, would have deserved well of mankind had… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
The gates of monarchs Are arched so high that giants may jet through And keep their impious turbans on without Good morrow… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The English king's power was curbed by Parliament, though that wasn't always a good thing, as politicians often behave no better than… — Karen Maitland Copy Share Image
There is no becoming, no revolution, no struggle, no path; already you're the monarch of your own skin - your inviolable freedom… — Hakim Bey Copy Share Image
The Westerly Wind asserting his sway from the south-west quarter is often like a monarch gone mad, driving forth with wild imprecations… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
A monarch, when good, is entitled to the consideration which we accord to a pirate who keeps Sunday School between crimes; when… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Tis chiefly taste, or blunt, or gross, or fine, Makes life insipid, bestial, or divine. Better be born with taste to little… — John Armstrong Copy Share Image
I cannot approve of monarchs who want to rule over the conscience of the people, and take away their freedom of choice… — William the Silent Copy Share Image
When Monarchs abuse the rights with which they have been invested by the confidence of the people, and bring down upon their… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
MONARCH, n. A person engaged in reigning. Formerly the monarch ruled, as the derivation of the word attests, and as many subjects… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Like the Elizabeth I play, Queen Elizabeth is a monarch who actually moves with the times. She gets new information, assimilates it,… — Samuel Barnett Copy Share Image
Fortune in men has some small diff'rence made, One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade, The cobbler apron'd, and the parson… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
But most of all I shall remember the monarchs, that unhurried westward drift of one small winged form after another, each drawn… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image