Good man Quote by Brandon Sanderson

“A good person does not necessarily make a good king.”

— Mindy McGinnis

“Many good men have been bad kings, Maester Aemon used to say, and some bad men have been good kings.”

— George R.R. Martin

“The good king delighted in noticing and promoting good men to positions of responsibility in his kingdom. He held audience, primarily, not to be…

— Robert L. Moore

An awful lot of fantasy, and even some great fantasy, falls into the mistake of assuming that a good man will be a good…

— George R. R. Martin

A King (as such) is not a great man. He has great power, but it is not his own.

— William Hazlitt

There are some examples of medieval kings who were terrible human beings but were nevertheless good kings.

— George R. R. Martin

“A good king is one who is trusted by his people- and one who deserves that trust.”

— Brandon Sanderson

As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.

— Pierre Corneille

“The king is good to those who think him good.”

— Hilary Mantel

“Only a man who is exceptionally skillful can stand before kings.”

— Sunday Adelaja

It is better to be without a king than to have a bad one.

— Chanakya

Have you beheld a man skillful in his work? Before kings is where he will station himself; he will not station himself before commonplace…

— Solomon