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If I were not king, I should lose my temper.”
Louis XIV

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A wise and prudent king knows how to make use of even the least of his subjects.”
Jean de La Fontaine - Fables

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Until kings are philosophers or philosophers are kings, cities will never cease from ill.”
Plato - Republic

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A just king must be the first to observe those laws that he has himself prescribed.”
Giovanni Boccaccio - The Decameron

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In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed man is king.”
Desiderius Erasmus

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