Un véritable roi n'est ni mari ni père;
Il regarde son trône, et rien de plus.
Nicomède, act IV, scene iii.
Nicomède (1651)
“It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able to do nothing else.”
William Hazlitt (1778–1830) English writer
"On the Ignorance of the Learned" <br class="br"> Table Talk: Essays On Men And Manners http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Essays/TableHazIV.htm (1821-1822)
“Despising money is like toppling a king off his throne.”
Nicolas Chamfort (1741–1794) French writer
Il y a une sorte de plaisir attaché au courage qui se met au-dessus de la fortune. Mépriser l'argent, c'est détrôner un Roi. Il y a du ragoût.
Maximes et Pensées, #142
Reflections
Alexander Maclaren (1826–1910) British minister
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 78.
Edward Rutherfurd (1948) British writer
Source: The Rebels of Ireland
John Napier (1550–1617) Scottish mathematician
A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St. John (1593), The First and Introductory Treatise
“You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne.”
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright
...estás en tu casa, donde eres señor della, como el rey de sus alcabalas.
Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Prologue
James Burgh (1714–1775) British politician
The Dignity of Human Nature (1754)
Jean Paul Sartre (1905–1980) French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and …
Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) French writer
Nos plus cruels ennemis sont nos proches... Les rois n'ont ni frères, ni fils, ni mère.
Source: About Catherine de' Medici (1842), Part II: The Ruggieri's Secret, Ch. V: The Alchemists.
