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Quotes by Royalty

"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

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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."

"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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"The kindness and affection from the public have carried me through some of the most difficult periods, and always your love and affection have eased the journey."

"The kindness and affection from the public have carried me through some of the most difficult periods, and always your love and affection have eased the journey."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

Love, Affection, Journey, Kindness

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"Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful."

"Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful."

Louis XIV, French Royalty

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"The end crowneth the work."

"The end crowneth the work."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

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"God has given such brave soldiers to this Crown that, if they do not frighten our neighbours, at least they prevent us from being frightened by them."

"God has given such brave soldiers to this Crown that, if they do not frighten our neighbours, at least they prevent us from being frightened by them."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

God, Being, Soldiers

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"I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women."

"I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women."

Louis XIV, French Royalty

Woman, Women, Europe

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"I think that at the supper I neither receive flesh nor blood, but bread and wine; which bread when it is broken, and the wine when it is drunken, put me in remembrance how that for my sins the body of Christ was broken, and his blood shed on the cross."

"I think that at the supper I neither receive flesh nor blood, but bread and wine; which bread when it is broken, and the wine when it is drunken, put me in remembrance how that for my sins the body of Christ was broken, and his blood shed on the cross."

Jane Grey, British Royalty

Blood, Body, Christ, Remembrance

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"All their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato; alas good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant."

"All their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato; alas good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant."

Jane Grey, British Royalty

Folk, Pleasure, Shadow

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"God grant you all your desires and accept my own hearty thanks for all your attention to me. Although indeed, those attentions have tried me more than death can now terrify me."

"God grant you all your desires and accept my own hearty thanks for all your attention to me. Although indeed, those attentions have tried me more than death can now terrify me."

Jane Grey, British Royalty

Death, God, Attention, Now

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"Perhaps one of the only positive pieces of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet."

"Perhaps one of the only positive pieces of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet."

King Edward VIII, English Royalty

Opportunity, Positive, Advice, Chance

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"I will fight for my children on any level so they can reach their potential as human beings and in their public duties."

"I will fight for my children on any level so they can reach their potential as human beings and in their public duties."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

Children, Fight, Potential, Public

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"Where minds differ and opinions swerve there is scant a friend in that company."

"Where minds differ and opinions swerve there is scant a friend in that company."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

Friendship, Friend, Company, Opinions

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"Fashion exists for women with no taste, etiquette for people with no breeding."

"Fashion exists for women with no taste, etiquette for people with no breeding."

Queen Marie of Romania, British Royalty

Woman, Women, People, Breeding, Etiquette

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"Your greatest achievement is to love me."

"Your greatest achievement is to love me."

Prince Charles, English Royalty

Love, Achievement

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"Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts."

"Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

Nature, Fear, Destruction

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"And in that I cannot send unto you all my businesses in writing, I despatch these present bearers fully informed in all things, to whom it may please you to give faith and credence in what they shall say unto you by word of mouth."

"And in that I cannot send unto you all my businesses in writing, I despatch these present bearers fully informed in all things, to whom it may please you to give faith and credence in what they shall say unto you by word of mouth."

Owen Glendower, Welsh Royalty

Faith, May, Present, Word

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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."

"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."

Elizabeth II, British Royalty

Heart, Battle, Brotherhood, Devotion

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"Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government."

"Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

Government, Wit

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"He who placed me in this seat will keep me here."

"He who placed me in this seat will keep me here."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

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"Although it hath pleased God to hasten my death by you, by whom my life should rather have been lengthened, yet can I patiently take it, that I yield God more hearty thanks for shortening my woeful days."

"Although it hath pleased God to hasten my death by you, by whom my life should rather have been lengthened, yet can I patiently take it, that I yield God more hearty thanks for shortening my woeful days."

Jane Grey, British Royalty

Death, Life, God, Yield

"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."

"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."

Mary Elizabeth Donaldson, Australian Royalty

People, Queen, State

"The distance is great from the firm belief to the realization from concrete experience."

"The distance is great from the firm belief to the realization from concrete experience."

Isabella I, Spanish Royalty

Experience, Belief

"Ye may have a greater prince, but ye shall never have a more loving prince."

"Ye may have a greater prince, but ye shall never have a more loving prince."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

"I ground my faith upon God's word, and not upon the church."

"I ground my faith upon God's word, and not upon the church."

Jane Grey, British Royalty

Faith, God, Church, Word

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