“The king shall eat, though all mankind be starved.”
Act ii. Sc. 4.
Chrononhotonthologos (1734)
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English composer and playwright 1687–1743Related quotes

Book I : "Concerning Discipline" Chapter 19 "The Duties of a King"
Arthashastra

“To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death.”
"To the Young"
Source: To My Daughters, With Love (1967)

“In this oneness standeth the life of all mankind that shall be saved.”
The First Revelation, Chapter 9
Context: In this oneness standeth the life of all mankind that shall be saved. For God is all that is good, as to my sight, and God hath made all that is made, and God loveth all that He hath made: and he that loveth generally all his even-Christians for God, he loveth all that is. For in mankind that shall be saved is comprehended all: that is to say, all that is made and the Maker of all. For in man is God, and God is in all. And I hope by the grace of God he that beholdeth it thus shall be truly taught and mightily comforted, if he needeth comfort.

Innkeeper's wife, singing a song of prophecies
A Child is Born (1942)

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“King Richard: From this day forward, all toilets in this kingdom shall be known as…'Johns!”
Robin Hood: Men in Tights

“John the Divine
Called me Merlin,
But all future kings
Shall call me Taliesin.”
The Tale of Taleisin
Context: I have come to salvage Elphin's honor and his freedom. Taliesin am I, primary chief bard to Elphin.
Primary chief poet
Am I to Elphin.
And my native country
Is the place of the Summer Stars.
John the Divine
Called me Merlin,
But all future kings
Shall call me Taliesin.