The Sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, three rights — the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right to warn. And a king of great sense and sagacity would want no others. – Walter Bagehot Category: Royalty, Kings, Queens
Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions. – Walter Bagehot Category: Royalty, Kings, Queens
[T]he departing world leaves behind… not an heir, but a pregnant widow. – Alexander Ivanovich Herzen, Other Shore Category: Hmmm
It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a prig. – George Santayana Category: Saint, Saints
Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed from inexperience of the world, and ignorance of mankind. – Joseph Addison Category: Prejudice
