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There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state. – Michel de Montaigne

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A close family member once offered his opinion that I exhibit the phone manners of a goat, then promptly withdrew the charge – out of fairness to goats. – Jeffrey Kluger

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A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life. – Walter Bagehot

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