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Upon hearing the news of the French defeat at Malplaquet:
Has God forgotten all I have done for him?
Louis XIV of France
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I see and hear daily that you of the Clergy preach one against another, teach one contrary to another, inveigh one against another without charity or discretion. Some be too stiff in their old mumpsimus, others be too busy and curious in their new sumpsimus. Thus all men almost be in variety and discord.
Henry VIII of England
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Let the good service of well-deservers be never rewarded with loss. Let their thanks be such as may encourage more strivers for the like.
Elizabeth I of England
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Lord Aberdeen was quite touched when I told him I was so attached to the dear, dear Highlands and missed the fine hills so much. There is a great peculiarity about the Highlands and Highlanders; and they are such a chivalrous, fine, active people.
Queen Victoria
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In tomorrow's world we must all work together as hard as ever, if we're truly to be United Nations
Elizabeth II
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Alas! I have civilized my own subjects; I have conquered other nations; yet I have not been able to civilize or to conquer myself.
Peter I of Russia
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The faith of the church must be tried by God's word, and not God's word by the church; neither yet my faith.
Lady Jane Grey
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Weep not for me: suffering, as I do, unjustly, I am in a happier case than my murderers.
Agis IV
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Once, when Nadir was told that there was no war in paradise, he was reported to have asked: "How can there be any delights there?".
Nader Shah
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If God grant me life, I will see that every laboring man in my kingdom shall have his chicken to put in the pot.
Henry IV of France
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Who will free me from this turbulent priest?
Henry II of England
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Horses and poets should be fed, not overfed.
Charles IX of France
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I will say with certain intention, that I will see my laws strictly obeyed, and those who break them shall be watched and denounced.
Edward VI of England
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The Spartans do not ask how many the enemies are but where they are.
Agis II
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I know no person so perfectly disagreeable and even dangerous as an author.
William IV of the United Kingdom
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I do not want to miss a good chance of getting us a slice of this magnificent African cake.
Leopold II of Belgium
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Indeed Suleiman the Magnificent, deserves to be called the only Padshah on Earth.
Humayun
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I have collected all the writings of the Empire and burnt those which were of no use.
Qin Shi Huang
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God of Clotilda, if you grant me victory I shall become a Christian.
Clovis I
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On the birth of his daughter:
Farewell [to the crown of Scotland]: It came with a lass, and it will pass with a lass.
James V of Scotland
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I had horses, arms, men, wealth. Are you surprised I am sorry to lose them? If you want to rule the world, does it follow that everyone else welcomes enslavement?
Caratacus
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Farewell to thee, farewell to thee...
Until we meet again.
Liliuokalani
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The seditious rebels claim that we are the rulers of Manchuria and only later penetrated central China to become its rulers. Their prejudices concerning the division of their and our country have caused many vitriolic falsehoods. What these rebels have not understood is the fact that Manchuria is for the Manchus the same as the birthplace is for the people of the central plain. Shun belonged to the Eastern Yi, and King Wen to the Western Yi. Does this fact diminish their virtues?
Yongzheng Emperor
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Frenchmen, I die innocent: it is from the scaffold and near appearing before God that I tell you so. I pardon my enemies: I desire that France …
Louis XVI of France
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Wherefore should I not offer my congratulations? But the very fact of them being Sayyids, those fountains of felicity, demands heartily exertions in support of Islam and their ancestor Muhammad the Lord of Apostles. Let two Kaftans of honor for the two brothers be issued from my wardrobe and let them be sent with two swords, jewel-hilted and provided with pearl mounted belts, let Jamdat-ul-Mulk write much praise and congratulations when sending these presents.
Aurangzeb
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