Monarchs Quote by Walter Scott Download Open image “For monarchs seldom sigh in vain.” — Walter Scott ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Monarchs Monarchy Royalty Sigh Vain
Lightly from fair to fair he flew, And loved to plead, lament, and sue; Suit lightly won, and short-lived pain, For monarchs seldom sigh… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Have a similar outlook as a monarch. A ruler is not reluctant to come up short. Disappointment is an alternate steppingstone to significance. — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
A king is never a fulfilling king until he has his true queen by his side. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our English monarchs are so unimaginative,” said Eldric. “They execute people in such tediously conventional ways. — Franny Billingsley Copy Share Image
We, the monarchs, are undoubtedly constants in a constantly changing world. Because we have always been there, but also because we do not get… — Margrethe II of Denmark Copy Share Image
Never was monarch better feared and loved Than is your Majesty. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Kings ought never to be seen upon the stage. In the abstract, they are very disagreeable characters: it is only while living that they… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
A careless song, with a little nonsense in it now and then, does not mis-become a monarch. — Horace Walpole Copy Share Image
“Of all the train, none escaped except Wamba, who showed upon the occasion much more courage than those who pretended to greater sense.” — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Where shall the lover rest, Whom the fates sever From his true maiden's breast, Parted for ever? Where, through groves deep and high, Sounds… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland? — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Loud o'er my head though awful thunders roll, And vivid lightnings flash from pole to pole, Yet 'tis Thy voice, my God, that bids… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
“but he had only received that sort of answer usually given by those who are more obstinate in following their own course, than strong… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
“Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, and men below, and the saints above, for love is heaven, and heaven is love. ” — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Fortune may raise up or abuse the ordinary mortal, but the sage and the soldier should have minds beyond her control. — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; In war, he mounts the warrior's steed; In halls, in gay attire is seen; In hamlets, dances… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act And monarchs… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I need no bodyguard at all, for even the bravest men who approach me get weak at the knees and their hearts turn to… — Shaka Copy Share Image
Culture implies all which gives the mind possession of its own powers, as languages to the critic, telescope to the astronomer. Culture alters the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Cruel and paradoxical though it undoubtedly is, the record shows that yje most succesful 20th century monarchs have been those who were not actually… — David Cannadine Copy Share Image
Monarchs not only fashion their age, but are fashioned by it, so that they can become a sort of personification of the age. If… — Eva Figes Copy Share Image
But the desire of obtaining the advantages, and of escaping the burthens, of political society, is a perpetual and inexhaustible source of discord; nor… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
If you compare the United States with Europe, my view is that what happened in Europe is that the church became deeply distrusted by… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
When Monarchs abuse the rights with which they have been invested by the confidence of the people, and bring down upon their heads the… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
An absolute monarch, who is rich without patrimony, may be charitable without merit; and Constantine too easily believed that he should purchase the favour… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Like or dislike her, the British Queen is harmless. Her role is purely ceremonial. Conversely, life and death are in the hands of the… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
ur struggle is not with some monarch named George who inherited the crown - although it often seems that way. — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
Wealth from trade was the mainspring of Western material advance; the visible agents of change were great guns. These came of age in Europe… — Peter Padfield Copy Share Image
