Princes Quotes

168 Princes quotes by 125 unique authors

What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves. — Laozi
One day, out of irritation, I said, you know all of those years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, all those years of playing kings and… — Patrick Stewart
There are so many girls, and so few princes. — Liza Minnelli
Everything made by man may be destroyed by man; there are no ineffaceable characters except those engraved by nature; and nature makes neither princes nor… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Princes have big ears which hear far and near. — Elizabeth I
The more princes abstain from touching the wealth of their people, the greater will be their resources in the wants of the state. — Unknown Author
Here and there in the ancient literature we encounter legends of wise and mysterious games that were conceived and played by scholars, monks, or the… — Hermann Hesse
The freedom to share one's insights and judgments verbally or in writing is, just like the freedom to think, a holy and inalienable right of… — Unknown Author
Nature hath given not only to the highest, but also to the inferior, classes of the people of this nation, a boldness and confidence in… — Gerald of Wales
Since the princes take the Earth for their own, it's fair that the philosophers reserve the sky for themselves and rule there, but they should… — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes and lords may flourish or may fade,- A breath… — Oliver Goldsmith
Princes, kings, and other rulers of the world have used all their strength and cunning against the Church, yet it continues to endure and hold… — John Foxe
It is not given to princes, statesmen and captains to pierce the mysteries of the future, and even the most penetrating gaze reaches only conclusions… — Winston Churchill
The Tiger's Curse Series has everything my heart could desire in a fantasy: exotic locations, two dashing princes, good vs. evil, the promise of danger… — Bree Despain
To praise princes for virtues they do not possess is to insult them without fear of consequences. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Neither had Watt of the Steam engine a heroic origin, any kindred with the princes of this world. The princes of this world were shooting… — Thomas Carlyle
One murder made a villain, Millions a hero. Princes were privileged To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime. — Beilby Porteus
What has commonly been called rebellion has more often been nothing but a manly and glorious struggle in opposition to the lawless power of rebellious… — Samuel Adams
Chestnuts are delicacies for princes and a lusty and masculine food for rusticks, and able to make women well-complexioned. — John Evelyn
Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Let it not, therefore, be said that the Sovereign is not subject to the laws of his State; since the contrary is a true proposition… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
If I had power over the Jews, as our princes and cities have, I would deal severely with their lying mouth — Martin Luther
If, in looking at the lives of princes, courtiers, men of rank and fashion, we must perforce depict them as idle, profligate, and criminal, we… — William Makepeace Thackeray
Whoso desireth to govern well and securely, it behoveth him to have a vigilant eye to the proceedings of great princes, and to consider seriously… — Walter Raleigh
The princes among us are those who forget themselves and serve others. — Woodrow Wilson

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