233 Quotes About Royalty

To know how to dissemble is the knowledge of kings. [Fr., Savoir dissimuler est le savoir des rois.]

The queens in history compare favorably with the kings.

My family and I would never receive royalties on the revenue that my materials brought into the church; materials that were created on our own personal time.

For monarchs seldom sigh in vain.

I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility.

How much on outward show does all depend, If virtues from within no lustre lend! Strip off th'externals M and Y, the rest Proves Majesty itself is but a Jest.

I am the State. [Fr., L'etat c'est moi.]

Royalty consists not in vain pomp, but in great virtues