“You nobles, you sons of my leading men, soft and dandified, trusting in your birth and your wealth, paying no attention to my command and your advancement, you neglected the pursuit of learning and indulged yourselves in the sport of pleasure and idleness and foolish pastimes. By the King of the heavens I think nothing of your nobility and your beauty. Others can admire you. Know this without any doubt; unless you rapidly make up for your idleness by eager effort, you will never receive any benefit from Charlemagne.”

— Charlemagne

Quoted in Notker's The Deeds of Charlemagne (translated 2008 by David Ganz)

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King of the Franks, King of Italy, and Holy Roman Emperor 748–814

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