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Letter "K" » kings
«It is good governance by good people that we need. And feudal kings, even dictators, have provided and can provide good governance.»
«If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, / Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch.»
«I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.»
«I have dined with kings, I've been offered wings. And I've never been too impressed.»
«I consider the positions of kings and rulers as that of dust motes. I observe treasures of gold and gems as so many bricks and pebbles. I look upon the finest silken robes as tattered rags. I see myriad worlds of the universe as small seeds of fruit, and the greatest lake on Earth as a drop of oil on my foot.»
Author: Buddha
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«Kings speak for once, men of learning once, and the daughter is given in marriage once. All these things happen once and only once.»
«In the kingdom of the blind men, those who are blessed with one eye are kings»
«History deals mainly with captains and kings, gods and prophets, exploiters and despoilers, not with useful men»
«In all ages hypocrites, called priests, have put crowns upon the heads of thieves, called kings»
Author: Robert Green Ingersoll
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Orator,
Statesman)
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«If anybody thinks that kings, nobles, priests are good conservators of the public happiness, send him (to Europe)»