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Quotes by Royalty

"The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once, by holding out no hopes to her suitor."

"The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once, by holding out no hopes to her suitor."

Marguerite de Valois, French Royalty

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"The greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue."

"The greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue."

Henry Bolingbroke, English Royalty

Art, Virtue, Cause, Vice

2

"And thus I take my leave of the world and of you all, and I heartily desire you all to pray for me."

"And thus I take my leave of the world and of you all, and I heartily desire you all to pray for me."

Anne Boleyn, English Royalty

2

"All the time I feel I must justify my existence."

"All the time I feel I must justify my existence."

Prince Charles, English Royalty

Time, Existence

2

"I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too."

"I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

Heart, Body, England, Woman

2

"So many people supported me through my public life and I will never forget them."

"So many people supported me through my public life and I will never forget them."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

Life, People, Forget, Public

2

"Fool! Don't you see now that I could have poisoned you a hundred times had I been able to live without you."

"Fool! Don't you see now that I could have poisoned you a hundred times had I been able to live without you."

Cleopatra, Egyptian Royalty

2

"They do not depend upon mere legends and myths. They are not predicated on the false conception that the Emperor is divine and that the Japanese people are superior to other races."

"They do not depend upon mere legends and myths. They are not predicated on the false conception that the Emperor is divine and that the Japanese people are superior to other races."

Emperor Hirohito, Japanese Royalty

People, Legends, Myths

2

"Don't forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings."

"Don't forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings."

Frederick The Great, German Royalty

Argument, Arguments, Forget, Rights, Kings

2

"Fools are more to be feared than the wicked."

"Fools are more to be feared than the wicked."

Queen Christina, Swedish Royalty

2

"Hugs can do great amounts of good - especially for children."

"Hugs can do great amounts of good - especially for children."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

2

"I like to be a free spirit. Some don't like that, but that's the way I am."

"I like to be a free spirit. Some don't like that, but that's the way I am."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

2

"A fool too late bewares when all the peril is past."

"A fool too late bewares when all the peril is past."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

2

"I venture to allude to the impression which seemed generally to prevail among their brethren across the seas, that the Old Country must wake up if she intends to maintain her old position of pre-eminence in her colonial trade against foreign competitors."

"I venture to allude to the impression which seemed generally to prevail among their brethren across the seas, that the Old Country must wake up if she intends to maintain her old position of pre-eminence in her colonial trade against foreign competitors."

King George V, British Royalty

Impression, Country, Old, Trade

2

"Laws are the sovereigns of sovereigns."

"Laws are the sovereigns of sovereigns."

Louis XIV, French Royalty

2

"Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never."

"Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never."

Marguerite de Valois, French Royalty

Heart, May, Tears

2

"The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women."

"The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women."

Elizabeth II, British Royalty

History, Men, Women, Heart

2

"If men had to have babies, they would only ever have one each."

"If men had to have babies, they would only ever have one each."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

2

"Grief is the price we pay for love."

"Grief is the price we pay for love."

Queen Elizabeth II, English Royalty

2

"I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married."

"I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

2

"Let me tell you quite bluntly that this king business has given me personally nothing but headaches."

"Let me tell you quite bluntly that this king business has given me personally nothing but headaches."

Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Iranian Royalty

Business, Nothing

2

"In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945."

"In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945."

Queen Elizabeth II, English Royalty

Peace, War, Europe, Suffering

2

"I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness."

"I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness."

Queen Victoria, British Royalty

Happiness, People, Poor, Woman

2

"One single vision fills all minds: that of our independence endangered. One single duty imposes itself upon our wills: the duty of stubborn resistance."

"One single vision fills all minds: that of our independence endangered. One single duty imposes itself upon our wills: the duty of stubborn resistance."

King Albert II, Belgian Royalty

Vision, Duty, Independence

2

"I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive."

"I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

2

"I do wash my hands in innocency, before God and the face of you, good Christian people this day."

"I do wash my hands in innocency, before God and the face of you, good Christian people this day."

Jane Grey, British Royalty

God, People, Christian, Day

2

"The word must is not to be used to princes."

"The word must is not to be used to princes."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

2

"Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper."

"Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper."

Louis XIV, French Royalty

2

"Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested."

"Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

Faith, Secrets, Silence

2

"I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman."

"I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

Love, Husband, Queen, Want

2

"You can't comfort the afflicted with afflicting the comfortable."

"You can't comfort the afflicted with afflicting the comfortable."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

2

"I hate this place. I shall hate it to my grave."

"I hate this place. I shall hate it to my grave."

Wallis Simpson, American Royalty

2

"Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for."

"Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for."

Stanislaus I, Polish Royalty

Courage, Bargain, Difficulty

2

"Seven years is a long time, and he was there for me, when my mum died. He was very compassionate at that time. I couldn't have found anyone better in that situation."

"Seven years is a long time, and he was there for me, when my mum died. He was very compassionate at that time. I couldn't have found anyone better in that situation."

Mary Elizabeth Donaldson, Australian Royalty

1

"In my end is my beginning."

"In my end is my beginning."

Mary Queen of Scots, Scottish Royalty

1

"All my possessions for a moment of time."

"All my possessions for a moment of time."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

Time, Possessions

1

"Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states."

"Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

Death, War, Enemies, states

1

"It is a natural virtue incident to our sex to be pitiful of those that are afflicted."

"It is a natural virtue incident to our sex to be pitiful of those that are afflicted."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

1

"I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long."

"I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long."

Marie Antoinette, French Royalty

Mother, Wife, HusbBlood, Children

1

"These works brought all these people here. Something should be done to get them at work again."

"These works brought all these people here. Something should be done to get them at work again."

King Edward VIII, English Royalty

1

"I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself being queen of this country."

"I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself being queen of this country."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

People, Being, Country, Queen

1

"I like going there for golf. America's one vast golf course these days."

"I like going there for golf. America's one vast golf course these days."

Edward VIII, English Royalty

1

"One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without."

"One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

1

"I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his pot every Sunday."

"I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his pot every Sunday."

Henry IV, French Royalty

1

"Pray God in the bowels of his mercy to send you his Holy Spirit; for he hath given you his great gift of utterance, if it pleased him also to open the eyes of your heart."

"Pray God in the bowels of his mercy to send you his Holy Spirit; for he hath given you his great gift of utterance, if it pleased him also to open the eyes of your heart."

Jane Grey, British Royalty

God, Heart, Eyes, Mercy

1

"Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue."

"Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue."

Henry Bolingbroke, English Royalty

Patriotism, Virtue

1

"I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people."

"I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

God, People, Queen

1

"It is necessary to try to pass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life."

"It is necessary to try to pass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life."

Queen Christina, Swedish Royalty

Life, Occupation, Self

1

"Smoking is hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs."

"Smoking is hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs."

King James I, British Royalty

1

"But if our hopes are betrayed, if we are forced to resist the invasion of our soil, and to defend our threatened homes, this duty, however hard it may be, will find us armed and resolved upon the greatest sacrifices."

"But if our hopes are betrayed, if we are forced to resist the invasion of our soil, and to defend our threatened homes, this duty, however hard it may be, will find us armed and resolved upon the greatest sacrifices."

King Albert II, Belgian Royalty

Duty, May, Will

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