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Quotes by Royalty

"Friendship based solely upon gratitude is like a photograph; with time it fades."
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Carmen Sylva
"Friendship based solely upon gratitude is like a photograph; with time it fades."
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"In all my life and in the future, I will always be a faithful and loyal servant to all of my compatriots."
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Norodom Sihamoni
"In all my life and in the future, I will always be a faithful and loyal servant to all of my compatriots."
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"I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse."
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Charles V
"I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse."
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"A good name is rather to be chosen than riches."
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King Solomon
"A good name is rather to be chosen than riches."
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"It is not cowardly, quite the contrary, to seek to meet the adversary and know his intentions. However, it is cowardly, shameful and treasonable to lay down arms."
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King Hassan II
"It is not cowardly, quite the contrary, to seek to meet the adversary and know his intentions. However, it is cowardly, shameful and treasonable to lay down arms."
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"I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting."
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Queen Victoria
"I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting."
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"A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance."
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King Solomon
"A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance."
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"If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one of them would remain in the army."
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Frederick II
"If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one of them would remain in the army."
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"A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in."
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Frederick The Great
"A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in."
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"Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel."
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King Solomon
"Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel."
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"Train up a child in the way that he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
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King Solomon
"Train up a child in the way that he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
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"There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, which causes us to leave the world, and seek God."
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Elizabeth I
"There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, which causes us to leave the world, and seek God."
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"At seventeen, I knew the end of a dream... I would never be a schoolboy again."
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King Hussein
"At seventeen, I knew the end of a dream... I would never be a schoolboy again."
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"In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider."
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King Solomon
"In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider."
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"As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend."
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King Solomon
"As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend."
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"Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies; history has no place for them."
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Norodom Sihanouk
"Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies; history has no place for them."
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"I will devote my body and soul to the service of the people and the nation."
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Norodom Sihamoni
"I will devote my body and soul to the service of the people and the nation."
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"It is my firm belief that I have a link with the past and a responsibility to the future. I cannot give up. I cannot despair. There's a whole future, generations to come. I have to keep trying."
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King Hussein
"It is my firm belief that I have a link with the past and a responsibility to the future. I cannot give up. I cannot despair. There's a whole future, generations to come. I have to keep trying."
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"A merry heart doeth good like medicine."
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King Solomon
"A merry heart doeth good like medicine."
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"The biggest disease this day and age is that of people feeling unloved."
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Princess Diana
"The biggest disease this day and age is that of people feeling unloved."
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"A fool is wise in his eyes."
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King Solomon
"A fool is wise in his eyes."
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"Has God forgotten all I have done for Him."
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Louis XIV
"Has God forgotten all I have done for Him."
God,
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"If you see oppression of the poor, and justice and righteousness trampled in a country, do not be astounded."
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King Solomon
"If you see oppression of the poor, and justice and righteousness trampled in a country, do not be astounded."
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"To have another language is to possess a second soul."
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Charlemagne
"To have another language is to possess a second soul."
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"Punctuality is the politeness of kings."
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Louis XVIII
"Punctuality is the politeness of kings."
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"John Foster Dulles had called on me in his capacity as Secretary of State, and he had exhausted every argument to persuade me to place Cambodia under the protection of the South East Asia Treaty Organization."
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Norodom Sihanouk
"John Foster Dulles had called on me in his capacity as Secretary of State, and he had exhausted every argument to persuade me to place Cambodia under the protection of the South East Asia Treaty Organization."
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"I will always stay close to all compatriots, and share together the happiness and suffering."
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Norodom Sihamoni
"I will always stay close to all compatriots, and share together the happiness and suffering."
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"We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing in the dark does not dispel fear."
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King Hussein
"We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing in the dark does not dispel fear."
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"Who is the wise man? He who sees what's going to be born."
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King Solomon
"Who is the wise man? He who sees what's going to be born."
Man,
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"I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble."
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Augustus
"I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble."
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"Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young."
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Augustus
"Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young."
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"Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning."
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King Solomon
"Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning."
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"I beg the Most High to allow me the favour of the double reward, but if God only finds me worthy of one reward, I will accept it in all humility."
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King Hassan II
"I beg the Most High to allow me the favour of the double reward, but if God only finds me worthy of one reward, I will accept it in all humility."
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"Shah is a kind of magic word with the Persian people."
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Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
"Shah is a kind of magic word with the Persian people."
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"I have always had a dread of becoming a passenger in life."
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Princess Margaret
"I have always had a dread of becoming a passenger in life."
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"I praise loudly. I blame softly."
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Catherine the Great
"I praise loudly. I blame softly."
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"All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do; that's what I called 'guess what was at the other side of the hill'."
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Duke of Wellington
"All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do; that's what I called 'guess what was at the other side of the hill'."
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"At times I experience hardship in trying to find the proper point of balance between traditional things and my own personality."
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Princess Masako
"At times I experience hardship in trying to find the proper point of balance between traditional things and my own personality."
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"There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded."
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Princess Diana
"There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded."
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"He who defends everything defends nothing."
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Frederick II
"He who defends everything defends nothing."
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"For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat."
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Wallis Simpson
"For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat."
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"I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men and German to my horse."
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King Charles V
"I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men and German to my horse."
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"A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity."
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King Solomon
"A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity."
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"Kindness and faithfulness keep a king safe, through kindness his throne is made secure."
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King Solomon
"Kindness and faithfulness keep a king safe, through kindness his throne is made secure."
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"All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way."
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Frederick II
"All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way."
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"We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist."
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Queen Victoria
"We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist."
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"Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! Thy father, if he had been alive, durst not have used that word."
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Elizabeth I
"Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! Thy father, if he had been alive, durst not have used that word."
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"My father was frightened of his mother; I was frightened of my father, and I am damned well going to see to it that my children are frightened of me."
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King George V
"My father was frightened of his mother; I was frightened of my father, and I am damned well going to see to it that my children are frightened of me."
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"An educated people can be easily governed."
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Frederick The Great
"An educated people can be easily governed."
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"I'm the heir apparent to the heir presumptive."
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Princess Margaret
"I'm the heir apparent to the heir presumptive."
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