"Perhaps here we have a clue to the reason why royal rule used to exist formerly, namely the difficulty of finding enough men of outstanding virtue."
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"There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of its steep paths have a chance of gaining its luminous summits. (Preface to the French edition)."
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"Varnishing is the only artistic process with which Royal Academicians are thoroughly familiar."
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"The Royal Family have always had an interest in a number of different areas of society. We are a part of society."
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"I have always felt I lived on the high seas, threatened, at the heart of a royal happiness."
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"When the Quaker Penn kept his hat on in the royal presence, Charles (King Charles II) politely removed his, explaining that it was the custom in that place for only one person at a time to remain covered."
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"There's no blame placed at Kate Middleton, who was in the hospital for, as far as I can see, absolutely no reason . . . She feels no shame about the death of this woman. The arrogance of the British royals is staggering, absolutely staggering."
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"The really royal calling of the philosopher (as expressed by Alcuin the Anglo-Saxon): To correct what is wrong, and strengthen the right, and raise what is holy."
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"An Englishman, methinks,--not to speak of other European nations,--habitually regards himself merely as a constituent part of theEnglish nation; he is a member of the royal regiment of Englishmen, and is proud of his company, as he has reason to be proud of it. But an American--one who has made tolerable use of his opportunities--cares, comparatively, little about such things, and is advantageously nearer to the primitive and the ultimate condition of man in these respects."
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"Right is the royal ruler alone; and he who rules with least restraint comes nearest to empire."
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"God's will! my liege, would you and I alone, Without more help, could fight this royal battle!"
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"Venerable to me is the hard hand,--crooked, coarse,--wherein, notwithstanding, lies a cunning virtue, indispensably royal as of the sceptre of the planet."
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"Our judgement is that the presence of the Royal Marines garrison is sufficient deterrent against any possible aggression."
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