Charles Ii Quotes
- The irony about Charles II is not that he came to the throne because England needed a successor to Charles I, but because England needed… — Simon Schama
- Charles II once invited the members of the Royal Society to explain to him why a dead fish weighs more than the same fish alive;… — Alasdair MacIntyre
- Arise Evans had a fungous nose, and said, it was revealed to him, that the King's hand would cure him, and at the first coming… — John Aubrey
- King Charles II liked women's company and well as making love to them. — Antonia Fraser
- He [Charles II] was utterly without ambition. He detested business, and would sooner have abdicated his crown than have undergone the trouble of really directing… — Thomas B. Macaulay
- I have always been drawn to the Restoration period of Charles II. I have a soft spot for Charles Stuart, who was always loving and… — Virginia Henley