Quotations on Royalty | Quotations: 36 | Pages: 4
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by Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 - January 18, 1936) |
'Ave you 'eard o' the Widow at Windsor With a hairy old crown on 'er 'ead? She 'as ships on the foam she 'as millions at 'ome, An' she pays us poor beggars in red. |
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by Edward Young (July 3, 1683 - April 5, 1765) |
A partial world will list to my lays, While Anna reigns, and sets a female name Unrival'd in the glorious lists of fame. |
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by Ben Jonson (June 11, 1572 - August 6, 1637) |
A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his government is groping. |
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by Jonathan Swift (November 30, 1667 - October 19, 1745) |
A prince, the moment he is crown'd, Inherits every virtue sound, As emblems of the sovereign power, Like other baubles in the Tower: Is generous, valiant, just, and wise, And so ... |
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by William Shakespeare (April 23, 1564 - April 23, 1616) |
A substitute shines brightly as a king Until a king be by, and then his state Empties itself, as dot an inland brook Into the main of waters. |
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by William Shakespeare (April 23, 1564 - April 23, 1616) |
And fearless minds climb soonest unto crowns. |
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by Bible
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And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedest the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. |
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by John Dryden (August 9, 1631 - May 1, 1700) |
And kind as kings upon their coronation day. |
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by William Shakespeare (April 23, 1564 - April 23, 1616) |
At length her grace rose and with modest paces Came to the altar, where she kneeled, and saint-like Cast her fair eyes to heaven and prayed devoutly; Then rose again and bowed h ... |
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Authors with quotations on topic Royalty:
Bible (2)
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Bruyère, Jean de La (1)
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Carlyle, Thomas (2)
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Corneille, Pierre (1)
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Dryden, John (1)
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1)
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Johnson, Samuel (1)
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Jonson, Ben (3)
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Kipling, Joseph Rudyard (2)
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Milton, John (1)
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Shakespeare, William (17)
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Swift, Jonathan (1)
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Thackeray, William Makepeace (1)
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Wordsworth, William (1)
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Young, Edward (1)
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