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Quotes by Royalty

"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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"No one perfectly loves God who does not perfectly love some of his creatures."
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Marguerite de Valois
"No one perfectly loves God who does not perfectly love some of his creatures."
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"I am not yet ready to be Tsar. I know nothing of the business of ruling."
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Nicholas II
"I am not yet ready to be Tsar. I know nothing of the business of ruling."
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"It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half taken."
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Marguerite de Valois
"It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half taken."
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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 wanted to be an up-to-date king. But I didn't have much time."
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King Edward VIII
"I wanted to be an up-to-date king. But I didn't have much time."
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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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"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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"The highest of distinctions is service to others."
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King George VI
"The highest of distinctions is service to others."
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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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"People say to me, Would you like to swap your life with me for 24 hours? Your life must be very strange. But of course I have not experienced any other life. It's not strange to me."
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Prince Andrew
"People say to me, Would you like to swap your life with me for 24 hours? Your life must be very strange. But of course I have not experienced any other life. It's not strange to me."
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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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"The reason why China suffers bitterly from endless wars is because of the existence of feudal lords and kings."
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Qin Shi Huangdi
"The reason why China suffers bitterly from endless wars is because of the existence of feudal lords and kings."
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"The body of a dead enemy always smells sweet."
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Titus Flavius Vespasian
"The body of a dead enemy always smells sweet."
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"Sarah will talk to me about someone and I don't know who she's talking about, but if she talks to my mother, the two of them will know exactly - and across several generations, too."
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Prince Andrew
"Sarah will talk to me about someone and I don't know who she's talking about, but if she talks to my mother, the two of them will know exactly - and across several generations, too."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"Nature is under control but not disturbed."
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Queen Beatrix
"Nature is under control but not disturbed."
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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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"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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"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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"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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