2,112 Quotes About Kings

A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.

Avoid greatness in a cottage there may be more real happiness than kings or their favourites enjoy.

Proud is the spirit of Zeus-fostered kings - their honor comes from Zeus, and Zeus, god of council, loves them.

It is no bad thing to be a king-to see one's house enriched and one's authority enhanced.

Ill fares the State where many masters rule; let one be lord, one king supreme.

The rule Of the many is not well. One must be chief In war and one the king.

Pale death knocks with impartial foot at poor men's hovels and king's palaces.

I would rather be tied to the soil as a serf ... than be king of all these dead and destroyed.

Keep clear of courts: a homely life transcends The vaunted bliss of monarchs and their friends.