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Kings in this should imitate God, their mercy should be...

Kings in this should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.

Quote by William Penn about god, mercy

This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle.

This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle.

Quote by William Shakespeare about philosophy

And tell sad stories of the death of kings.

And tell sad stories of the death of kings.

Quote by William Shakespeare about philosophy, death

I'd the upbringing a nun would envy. Until I was fifteen...

I'd the upbringing a nun would envy. Until I was fifteen I was more familiar with Africa than my own body.

Quote by Joe Orton about opinion, envy, body

It's all any reasonable child can expect if the dad is...

It's all any reasonable child can expect if the dad is present at the conception.

Quote by Joe Orton about children, present

Reading isn't an occupation we encourage among police...

Reading isn't an occupation we encourage among police officers. We try to keep the paperwork down to a minimum.

Quote by Joe Orton about encouragement, police

The humble and meek are thirsting for blood.

The humble and meek are thirsting for blood.

Quote by Joe Orton about blood

The kind of people who always go on about whether a thing...

The kind of people who always go on about whether a thing is in good taste invariably have very bad taste.

Quote by Joe Orton about people, bad luck, bad, things, good, good luck

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you; If all men count with you, but none too much, If you can fill the unforgiving minute With...

Quote by Rudyard Kipling about people, contentment, common sense, virtue, man, earth

A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one can go only by traveling in a straight line until one is stopped.

Quote by Norman Kingsley Mailer about democracy

God like Us suffers the ambition to make a destiny more...

God like Us suffers the ambition to make a destiny more extraordinary than was conceived for Him, yes God is like Me, only more so.

Quote by Norman Kingsley Mailer about god, ambition, destiny

Death may be the King of terrors... but Jesus is the King...

Death may be the King of terrors... but Jesus is the King of kings!

Quote by Dwight Lyman Moody about faith, death

I hate everything which is not in myself.

I hate everything which is not in myself.

Quote by Norman Kingsley Mailer about hate

Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals...

Revolutions are the periods of history when individuals count most.

Quote by Norman Kingsley Mailer about revolution, history

The final purpose of art is to intensify, even, if...

The final purpose of art is to intensify, even, if necessary, to exacerbate, the moral consciousness of people.

Quote by Norman Kingsley Mailer about art, purpose, moral, magic, people

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