Belle Quote by John Keats

X. I saw pale kings and princes too, Pale warriors, death-pale were they all; They cried—“La Belle Dame sans Merci Hath thee in thrall!”…

— John Keats

“For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings; How some have been deposed; some…

— William Shakespeare

Scion of chiefs and monarchs, where art thou? Fond hope of many nations, art thou dead? Could not the grave forget thee, and lay…

— Lord Byron

“In the old stories, despite the impossibility of the incidents, the interest is always real and human.  The princes and princesses fall in love…

— Andrew Lang

We love fantasy novels in which the characters think that they're peasants but turn out to be princes and kings.

— Matthew Tobin Anderson

“The king was silent. "Ents!" he said at length. "Out of the shadows of legend I begin a little to understand the marvel of…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

Pale death with an impartial foot knocks at the hovels of the poor and the palaces of king.

— Horace

“Comedies are fit for common wits: But to present a kingly troop withal, Give me a stately-written tragedy; Tragadia cothurnata , fitting kings, Containing…

— Thomas Kyd

“Pale Death with impartial tread beats at the poor man's cottage door and at the palaces of kings.”

— Horace

“Real kings and queens are people whose heads are crowned with dreams as they sit on the throne of passion. They rule with visions…

— Israelmore Ayivor

Who o'er the herd would wish to reign, Fantastic, fickle, fierce, and vain! Vain as the leaf upon the stream, And fickle as a…

— Walter Scott

“When in the chronicle of wasted time I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old rhyme, In praise of ladies…

— William Shakespeare