...alone is such a nebulous state when one is queen.
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Rae Carson
The king reigns but does not govern.
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Otto Von Bismarck
That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution.
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Sir William Blackstone
Every noble crown is and on Earth will forever be a crown of thorns.
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Thomas Carlyle
The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary commonwealth.
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Samuel Johnson
More Quotes By Samuel Johnson
It is necessary to hope... for hope itself is happiness.
I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.
In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
Whoever thou art that, not content with a moderate condition, imaginest happiness in royal magnificence, and dreamest that command or riches can feed the appetite of novelty with perpetual gratifications, survey the Pyramids, and confess thy folly!
