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"My children are not royal; they just happen to have the Queen for their aunt."

"My children are not royal; they just happen to have the Queen for their aunt."

Princess Margaret, British Royalty

Children, Queen

14

"I would rather go to any extreme than suffer anything that is unworthy of my reputation, or of that of my crown."

"I would rather go to any extreme than suffer anything that is unworthy of my reputation, or of that of my crown."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

Extreme, Reputation, Unworthy

14

"I am not yet ready to be Tsar. I know nothing of the business of ruling."

"I am not yet ready to be Tsar. I know nothing of the business of ruling."

Nicholas II, Russian Royalty

Business, Nothing

14

"Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?"

"Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?"

Marie Antoinette, French Royalty

13

"Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained."

"Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained."

Duke of Wellington, British Royalty

13

"A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in."

"A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in."

Frederick The Great, German Royalty

13

"Always go to the bathroom when you have a chance."

"Always go to the bathroom when you have a chance."

King George V, British Royalty

13

"My advisers built a wall between myself and my people. I didn't realize what was happening. When I woke up, I had lost my people."

"My advisers built a wall between myself and my people. I didn't realize what was happening. When I woke up, I had lost my people."

Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Iranian Royalty

13

"To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting."

"To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting."

Stanislaus I, Polish Royalty

13

"They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?"

"They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?"

Princess Diana, British Royalty

Compromise, Poor

13

"When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife."

"When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife."

Prince Philip, British Royalty

13

"Another such victory over the Romans, and we are undone."

"Another such victory over the Romans, and we are undone."

Pyrrhus, Greek Royalty

13

"Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor's son to marry."

"Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor's son to marry."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

Son, England, May, Queen

12

"What is the good of experience if you do not reflect?"

"What is the good of experience if you do not reflect?"

Frederick II, German Royalty

12

"Hong Kong has created one of the most successful societies on Earth."

"Hong Kong has created one of the most successful societies on Earth."

Prince Charles, English Royalty

Success, Successful, Earth

12

"Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further away."

"Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further away."

Charles V, Roman Royalty

Nature, Fortune, Woman

12

"I want my boys to have an understanding of people's emotions, their insecurities, people's distress, and their hopes and dreams."

"I want my boys to have an understanding of people's emotions, their insecurities, people's distress, and their hopes and dreams."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

Dream, Dreams, People, Boys, Emotions

12

"If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all."

"If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

12

"These wretched babies don't come until they are ready."

"These wretched babies don't come until they are ready."

Elizabeth II, British Royalty

12

"I'm the heir apparent to the heir presumptive."

"I'm the heir apparent to the heir presumptive."

Princess Margaret, British Royalty

12

"I have as much privacy as a goldfish in a bowl."

"I have as much privacy as a goldfish in a bowl."

Princess Margaret, British Royalty

11

"An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful."

"An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful."

Queen Victoria, British Royalty

11

"My father was frightened of his mother; I was frightened of my father, and I am damned well going to see to it that my children are frightened of me."

"My father was frightened of his mother; I was frightened of my father, and I am damned well going to see to it that my children are frightened of me."

King George V, British Royalty

Mother, Father, Children

11

"I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting."

"I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting."

Queen Victoria, British Royalty

11

"The Queen is the only person who can put on a tiara with one hand, while walking down stairs."

"The Queen is the only person who can put on a tiara with one hand, while walking down stairs."

Princess Margaret, British Royalty

Queen, Stairs, Walking

11

"To endeavor to domineer over conscience, is to invade the citadel of heaven."

"To endeavor to domineer over conscience, is to invade the citadel of heaven."

Charles V, Roman Royalty

Conscience, Heaven

11

"Fool! Don't you see now that I could have poisoned you a hundred times had I been able to live without you."

"Fool! Don't you see now that I could have poisoned you a hundred times had I been able to live without you."

Cleopatra, Egyptian Royalty

11

"Punctuality is the politeness of kings."

"Punctuality is the politeness of kings."

Louis XVIII, French Royalty

Kings, Politeness, Punctuality

11

"Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts."

"Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

Nature, Fear, Destruction

11

"I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men."

"I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men."

Duke of Wellington, British Royalty

Men, Difference

11

"Let justice be done, though the world perish."

"Let justice be done, though the world perish."

Ferdinand I, German Royalty

11

"I am convinced that our movement will be more demoralized and weakened by blind and uncritical admiration than by frank admission of past mistakes."

"I am convinced that our movement will be more demoralized and weakened by blind and uncritical admiration than by frank admission of past mistakes."

Marie Louise, French Royalty

Admiration, Blind, Mistakes, Past

10

"I discovered freedom for the first time in England."

"I discovered freedom for the first time in England."

Emperor Hirohito, Japanese Royalty

Time, EnglFirst, Freedom

10

"You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings."

"You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings."

Catherine the Great, Russian Royalty

10

"There is no justice among men."

"There is no justice among men."

Nicholas II, Russian Royalty

10

"I think it's very important that you make your own decision about what you are. Therefore you're responsible for your actions, so you don't blame other people."

"I think it's very important that you make your own decision about what you are. Therefore you're responsible for your actions, so you don't blame other people."

Prince William, British Royalty

People, Decision, Actions, Blame

10

"I live for my sons. I would be lost without them."

"I live for my sons. I would be lost without them."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

10

"A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing."

"A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

Conscience, Nothing

10

"My main mistake was to have made an ancient people advance by forced marches toward independence, health, culture, affluence, comfort."

"My main mistake was to have made an ancient people advance by forced marches toward independence, health, culture, affluence, comfort."

Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Iranian Royalty

Health, Mistake, People, Comfort

10

"Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young."

"Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young."

Augustus, Roman Royalty

10

"Every time I create an appointment, I create a hundred malcontents and one ingrate."

"Every time I create an appointment, I create a hundred malcontents and one ingrate."

Louis XIV, French Royalty

10

"I think the biggest disease the world suffers from in this day and age is the disease of people feeling unloved. I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour, for a day, for a month, but I can give. I am very happy to do that, I want to do that."

"I think the biggest disease the world suffers from in this day and age is the disease of people feeling unloved. I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour, for a day, for a month, but I can give. I am very happy to do that, I want to do that."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

Age, Love, People, Day

10

"Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you."

"Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

Knowledge, Act, Day, Expectation

10

"We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist."

"We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist."

Queen Victoria, British Royalty

Defeat, Possibilities

10

"A king should die on his feet."

"A king should die on his feet."

Louis XVIII, French Royalty

10

"I wear my heart on my sleeve."

"I wear my heart on my sleeve."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

10

"I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman."

"I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

Love, Husband, Queen, Want

10

"Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball."

"Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball."

Charles V, Roman Royalty

10

"The greatest problem in the world today is intolerance. Everyone is so intolerant of each other."

"The greatest problem in the world today is intolerance. Everyone is so intolerant of each other."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

Intolerance, Today, World

9

"Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life - a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are."

"Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life - a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are."

Princess Diana, British Royalty

Happiness, Life, Society, People

9

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