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I regret the unhappiness of princes who are slaves to forms and fettered by caution. — Elizabeth I

War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never. — Charles Caleb Colton

Can princes born in palaces be sensible of the misery of those who dwell in cottages? — Stanislaw Leszczynski

Here's to real heroes, not the ones who carry us off into the sunset but the ones who help us choose our princes. - commentary on Castles on the Sand — E.M. Tippetts

Princes are like heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times, and which have much veneration, but no rest. — Francis Bacon

The usual disease of princes, grasping covetousness, had made them suspicious and quarrelsome neighbors. — Plutarch

In respect to foresight and firmness, the people are more prudent, more stable, and have better judgement than princes. — Niccolo Machiavelli

A privateer learns to press any advantage."
"And a prince?"
"Princes get used to the word yes. — Leigh Bardugo

Princes give me sufficiently if they take nothing from me, and do me much good if they do me no hurt; it is all I require of them. — Michel De Montaigne

Princes are venison in Heaven. — George Herbert

It is a thing to be regretted (and prevented, if possible) that a whole nation should be ruined for the pride and obstinacy of its princes, — Matthew Henry

The more princes abstain from touching the wealth of their people, the greater will be their resources in the wants of the state. — Pulcheria

When beggars die there are no comets seen; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes. — Barbara W. Tuchman

Not all princes he had read about in books of legends are beautiful and noble and carry their heads high. — James Purdy

Put not your trust in princes'? — Diana Gabaldon

In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all persons like persons. — James MacGregor Burns

There are no crown princes at Ford, — Edsel Ford

My life as a princes, or a peasant, is not worth living without you in it. — Victoria Alexander

Princes give rewards with their own hands,
But death or punishment by the hands of other. — John Webster

For some reason, and for a time such as this, God has given me favor with kings and princes. — Michael W. Smith

We meet like sovereign princes of independent states, abroad, on neutral ground, freed from our contexts — C.S. Lewis

We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs. — Eric Berne

The door swings inward as the first soldier rounds the corner, but my thoughts are only of Cal. It seems princes make me blind. — Victoria Aveyard

Heaven-gates are not so highly arched
As princes' palaces; they that enter there
Must go upon their knees. — John Webster

Chestnuts are delicacies for princes and a lusty and masculine food for rusticks, and able to make women well-complexioned. — John Evelyn

You get confused by crying women, I get confused by walks with princes. — Kiera Cass

Detraction's a bold monster, and fears not
To wound the fame of princes, if it find
But any blemish in their lives to work on. — Philip Massinger

The clemency of Princes is often but policy to win the affections of the people. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Diana introduced me to Princes William and Harry. Diana just wanted her sons to know what was happening in her life. — Hasnat Khan

Ambitious princes value inherited kingdoms not so much as conquered provinces. — Christian Nestell Bovee

Grace will lift you from the dung hill to access the doors of Princes. — Abbey Adenigba

The secret counsels of princes are a troublesome burden to such as have only to execute them. — Michel De Montaigne

Never put your faith in a Prince. When you require a miracle, trust in a Witch. — Catherynne M Valente

Bankers all wanted to be princes. Professors all wanted to be Martin Luther. — Graham Moore

A messy business, rescuing princes. — Sherry Thomas

What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold. The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war betwixt princes. — Michel De Montaigne

I finally realized there are no handsome princes - that it was all up to me ... that it had always been up to me. — Meg Cabot

Princes have big ears which hear far and near. — Elizabeth I

The quiet mind is richer than a crown ... Such sweet content, such minds, such sleep, such bliss beggars enjoy when princes oft do miss. — Robert Greene

On both sides the troops were commanded by royal princes and they massacred each other mercilessly. — Matthew Of Edessa

If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottage princes' palaces. — William Shakespeare

Princes of courtesy, merciful, proud and strong. — Henry Newbolt

We love fantasy novels in which the characters think that they're peasants but turn out to be princes and kings. — Matthew Tobin Anderson

When Princes devote themselves rather to pleasure than to arms, they lose their dominions. — Niccolo Machiavelli

If princes and kings were not exalted they might be overthrown. — Laozi

But, is it possible for princes and ministers to be enlightened, when private individuals are not so? — Jean-Baptiste Say

Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England. — John Irving

I serve, should be the motto of all the princes of the royal family of heaven. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The most part of all princes have more delight in warlike manners and feats of chivalry than in the good feats of peace. — Thomas More

Saudis of all sorts recent having to beg princes for favors to secure services that should be a public right — Karen Elliott House

In our own days we have seen no princes accomplish great results save those who have been accounted miserly. — Niccolo Machiavelli

I proceeded in my national mission, seeking to pave the way for an understanding between His Majesty and the other ruling princes of Arabia. — Ameen Rihani

I saw pale kings and princes too, Pale warriors, death-pale were they all; They cried- La Belle Dame sans Merci Hath thee in thrall! — John Keats

I felt a little bad about killing the man, but what choice did I have?" ... Louie Morelli, "The Prince of Mafia Princes. — Patricia Bellomo

Under pressure, even the smartest people will start to rationalize that frogs really can turn into princes. — Pierre Mornell

We are born as princes, and we die as kings, but in between, we are simply men." - - King Errick Wise — Amanda Sebring

Common men should esteem learning as silver, noble men prize it as gold, and princes as jewels. — Pope Pius II

Where princes are concerned, a man who is able to do good is as dangerous and almost as criminal as a man who intends to do evil. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes. — Jean De La Fontaine

Of so little weight are the greatest services to princes, when put into the balance with a refusal to gratify their passions. — Jonathan Swift

The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes. — Desiderius Erasmus

The greatest ornament of an illustrious life is modesty and humility, which go a great way in the character even of the most exalted princes. — Napoleon Bonaparte

There are so many girls, and so few princes. — Liza Minnelli

It is better to take refuge in the Lord than trust in man.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord than trust in princes. — King David

You have to be a prince to understand the people, and you have to belong to the people to understand the princes ... — Niccolo Machiavelli

It's the problem with fairy tales. From far away, they seem so perfect. But up close, they're just as complicated as real life. — Soman Chainani

You're believing in love more than I do; you're standing up for someone who is less than deserving. — David Levithan

Both princes and princesses belong in palaces of power, but the doors won't always open unless you fight for your rights. — Gloria Allred

Princes enjoy themselves like children in the company of ordinary human beings. — Edmond De Goncourt

There are few prisoners more closely guarded than princes. — Christina, Queen Of Sweden

The same reason that makes us chide and brawl and fall out with any of our neighbors, causeth a war to follow between Princes. — Michel De Montaigne

I considered how the princes were masters of manipulation and wondered if Ahkeel knew exactly how this would end and if I'd survive his game. — Pippa DaCosta

I warn you that when the princes of this world start loving you it means they are going to grind you up into battle sausage. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine

Friends are the true Sceptres of Princes. — Benjamin Franklin

O, how wretched is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors. — William Shakespeare

Those who become princes through their skill acquire the pricipality with difficulty, buy they hold onto it with ease. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Put not your trust in the princes of this world, for they will frig thee up and so shalt their governments, even unto the end of the earth. — Stephen King

There are and always will be thousands of princes, but there is only one Beethoven! — Ludwig Van Beethoven

I'm feeling full of tiny princes, bustling to get out into the world and start plotting against one another. — Christopher Moore

Born to be kings, we're the princes of the Universe! — Freddie Mercury

If I had power over the Jews, as our princes and cities have, I would deal severely with their lying mouth — Martin Luther

You don't need princes to save you. I don't have a lot of patience for stories in which women are rescued by men. — Neil Gaiman

What people loathe the most is to be orphaned, desolate, unworthy. But this is what princes and kings call themselves. — Laozi

Two princes each one fair."
*Walks toward the princes*
"No get the hair. — Joanna Gleason

Methinks Sir Robert should have carried his Monarchical Power one step higher and satisfied the World, that Princes might eat their Subjects too. — John Locke

Two princes. Fine men indeed. But neither is the prince of my heart. — Coleen Murtagh Paratore

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

The British power is the overlord without whom Indian princes cannot breathe. — Mahatma Gandhi

The word must is not to be used to princes. — Elizabeth I

Black was not the universal hue of mourning in Europe. In Castile, white obtained on the death of its princes. — Sabine Baring-Gould

They're all crazy, Oncat. Invisible armies, monster princes. Let's go set fire to something. — Leigh Bardugo

Almost in every kingdom the most ancient families have been at first princes' bastards. — Robert Burton

Cinderella time?' You knw how it is= got to get home before the shoe falls off. No sense tempting any princes — Melissa Marr

Princes should devolve on others those matters that entail responsibility, and reserve to themselves those that relate to grace and favour. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Those who by valorous ways become princes ... acquire a principality with difficulty, but they keep it with ease. — W.K. Marriott

I have no commiseration for princes. My sympathies are reserved for the great mass of mankind ... . — Henry Clay

I'll explain and I'll use small words so that you'll be sure to understand, you warthog faced buffoon. — Cary Elwes

We are not princes of the earth, we are the descendants of worms, and any nobility must be earned. — PZ Myers

They loved him because he was a prince and a faerie and magical and you were supposed to love princes and faeries and magical people. — Holly Black