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Quotes by Royalty

"I should see an enemy of my country in any one who would change by force that which has been established by law."
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Louis Bonaparte
"I should see an enemy of my country in any one who would change by force that which has been established by law."
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"First feelings are always the most natural."
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Louis XIV
"First feelings are always the most natural."
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"Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never."
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Marguerite de Valois
"Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never."
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"I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness."
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Queen Victoria
"I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness."
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"I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else - I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations."
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Elizabeth II
"I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else - I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations."
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"O Death, rock me asleep, bring me to quiet rest, let pass my weary guiltless ghost out of my careful breast."
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Anne Boleyn
"O Death, rock me asleep, bring me to quiet rest, let pass my weary guiltless ghost out of my careful breast."
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"In my end is my beginning."
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Mary Queen of Scots
"In my end is my beginning."
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"I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his pot every Sunday."
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Henry IV
"I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his pot every Sunday."
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"I have always had the courage for the new things that life sometimes offers."
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Wallis Simpson
"I have always had the courage for the new things that life sometimes offers."
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"Nothing need be apprehended from this miserable adventurer."
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Louis Bonaparte
"Nothing need be apprehended from this miserable adventurer."
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"Fools are more to be feared than the wicked."
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Queen Christina
"Fools are more to be feared than the wicked."
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"Fashion exists for women with no taste, etiquette for people with no breeding."
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Queen Marie of Romania
"Fashion exists for women with no taste, etiquette for people with no breeding."
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"Nature is under control but not disturbed."
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Queen Beatrix
"Nature is under control but not disturbed."
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"One single vision fills all minds: that of our independence endangered. One single duty imposes itself upon our wills: the duty of stubborn resistance."
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King Albert II
"One single vision fills all minds: that of our independence endangered. One single duty imposes itself upon our wills: the duty of stubborn resistance."
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"A woman of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself."
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Marguerite de Valois
"A woman of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself."
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"It is necessary to try to pass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life."
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Queen Christina
"It is necessary to try to pass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life."
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"The distance is great from the firm belief to the realization from concrete experience."
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Isabella I
"The distance is great from the firm belief to the realization from concrete experience."
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"The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once, by holding out no hopes to her suitor."
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Marguerite de Valois
"The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once, by holding out no hopes to her suitor."
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"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."
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King Albert II
"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."
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"Good Christian people, I am come hither to die, for according to the law, and by the law I am judged to die, and therefore I will speak nothing against it. I am come hither to accuse no man, nor to speak anything of that, whereof I am accused and condemned to die."
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Anne Boleyn
"Good Christian people, I am come hither to die, for according to the law, and by the law I am judged to die, and therefore I will speak nothing against it. I am come hither to accuse no man, nor to speak anything of that, whereof I am accused and condemned to die."
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"O Lord have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul."
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Anne Boleyn
"O Lord have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul."
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"And thus I take my leave of the world and of you all, and I heartily desire you all to pray for me."
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Anne Boleyn
"And thus I take my leave of the world and of you all, and I heartily desire you all to pray for me."
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"I realize that much will be asked of me, yet I am resolved to accept it as a great and splendid task."
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Queen Beatrix
"I realize that much will be asked of me, yet I am resolved to accept it as a great and splendid task."
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"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."
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Mary Elizabeth Donaldson
"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."
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"Of course we have Queen Elizabeth as head of state, but in many ways we are a kind of republic. We don't have royals in Australia, so it was kind of unusual to run into those kind of people. But aside from that it was quite ordinary."
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Mary Elizabeth Donaldson
"Of course we have Queen Elizabeth as head of state, but in many ways we are a kind of republic. We don't have royals in Australia, so it was kind of unusual to run into those kind of people. But aside from that it was quite ordinary."
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