“You can't treat royalty like people with normal perverted desires.”
Tom Stoppard book Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Source: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
“People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty.”
"The Importance of Humour in Tragedy: Presidential Address Delivered at the Birmingham Midland Institute, 1915", Nothing Matters, and Other Stories (1917) p. 207.
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English actor and theatre manager 1852–1917Related quotes
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Context: Learn ever to separate the king and the principle of royalty. The king is but man; royalty is the spirit of God. When you are in doubt as to which you should serve, forsake the material appearance for the invisible principle, for this is everything.
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“People are too various to be treated so lightly. I am too various to be trusted.”
James Baldwin book Giovanni's Room
Source: Giovanni's Room
Tanith Lee book Vazkor, Son of Vazkor
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Quand la religion et la royauté seront abattues, le peuple en viendra aux grands, après les grands il s'en prendra aux riches.
Source: About Catherine de' Medici (1842), Part II: The Ruggieri's Secret, Ch. V: The Alchemists.