Monarch Quotes

79 quotes by 70 authors

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult. — Napoleon Bonaparte
I'd sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch. — Charlie Chaplin
She is incredibly fit, but we remind staff that she's not just the monarch, but our mother. — Prince Andrew
You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne. — Miguel de Cervantes
A monarch frequently represents his subjects better that an elected assembly; and if he is a good judge of character he is likely to have… — William Ralph Inge
English character and English freedom depend comparatively little on the form which the Constitution assumes at Westminster. A centralised democracy may be as tyrannical as… — James Anthony Froude
Know, Nature's children all divide her care, The fur that warms a monarch warmed a bear. — Alexander Pope
At all times, except when a monarch could enforce his will, war has been facilitated by the fact that vigorous males, confident of victory, enjoyed… — Bertrand Russell
When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When "Somebody Up There" - a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a… — Jessica Mitford
Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons. The possession of a good rifle,… — Jeff Cooper
His neigh is like the bidding of a monarch, and his countenance enforces homage. He is indeed a horse... — William Shakespeare
A monarch, when good, is entitled to the consideration which we accord to a pirate who keeps Sunday School between crimes; when bad, he is… — Mark Twain
The Westerly Wind asserting his sway from the south-west quarter is often like a monarch gone mad, driving forth with wild imprecations the most faithful… — Joseph Conrad
He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him. — John Dryden
The President wants me to argue that he is as powerful a monarch as Louis XIV, only four years at a time, and is not… — Richard M. Nixon
A single legislature, on account of the superabundance of its power, and the uncontrolled rabidity of its execution, becomes as dangerous to the principles of… — Thomas Paine
Is not the history of real civilization the slow and gradual emancipation of the intellect, of the judgment, from the mastery of passion? Is not… — Robert Green Ingersoll
The appearance and retirement of actors are the great events of the theatrical world; and their first performances fill the pit with conjecture and prognostication,… — Samuel Johnson
To be seduced by Orators, as a Monarch by Flatterers. — Thomas Hobbes
Please take good care of it all, OK? Be an enlightened monarch who treats your domain with reverent responsibility. And make sure you also enjoy… — Rob Brezsny

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