Quotes with monarch

  • 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 of his courtiers to shipwreck, disaster, and death.

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  • Mark Twain 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 entitled to none at all.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • John Dryden He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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  • Gore Vidal I began life as an absolute monarchist - on condition, of course, that I be that monarch.
    Gore Vidal
    American writer and criticus (1925 - 2012)
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  • Anthony Holden It's a problem for him because he's got - like Edward VII had - nearly all his lifetime to wait until he becomes Monarch. What is he going to do with it? So he wants to do something positive but he always courts those dangers.
    Anthony Holden
    English writer, broadcaster and critic
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  • Napoleon Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • Joseph Conrad 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 of his courtiers to shipwreck, disaster, and death.
    Joseph Conrad
    In Poland born English writer (1857 - 1924)
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  • Oscar Wilde There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Anthony Holden When the magistrate says 'That's not a good enough reason my man.' He said 'Excuse me, could I ask you? Have you taken an oath of allegiance to the Monarch?'.
    Anthony Holden
    English writer, broadcaster and critic
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  • Miguel de Cervantes You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne.
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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