When a king makes a mistake, all the people suffer. ~ Chinese Proverbs
Water for oxen, wine for kings. ~ Spanish Proverbs
War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. ~ William Cowper
Three are powerful: the Pope, the king, and the man who has nothing. ~ Italian Proverbs
This principle is old, but true as fate, Kings may love treason, but the traitor hate. ~ Thomas Dekker
They say that kings are made in the image of God. If that is what he looks like, I feel sorry for God. ~ Frederick the Great Quotes
There is no room for two kings in one castle. ~ Estonian Proverbs
There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his. ~ Helen Keller Quotes
The word of the king is the king of words. ~ Arabian Proverbs
The thief that is not caught is a king. ~ Indian Proverbs
The silence of the people is a warning for the king. ~ French Proverbs
The night is the king of the shadows. ~ Senegalese Proverbs
The multitude is stronger than the king. ~ Tunisian Proverbs
The law says what the king pleases. ~ French Proverbs
The king inherits a country — the people only hard work. ~ Malagasy Proverbs
The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could. ~ Spanish Proverbs
The greatest slave in a kingdom is generally the king of it. ~ Fulke Greville
The foremost art of kings is the ability to endure hatred. ~ Marcus Annaeus Seneca
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison, steal lands and you are a king. ~ Japanese Proverbs
Seven days king, seven days minister, slave for the rest of your life. ~ Arabian Proverbs
Power makes you a monarch, and all the fancy robes in the world won’t do the job without it. ~ Laurell K. Hamilton Quotes
Once a king … it was impossible, without risk of life, to sink to a private station. ~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
No race of kings has ever presented above one man of common sense in twenty generations. ~ Thomas Jefferson
Love rules his kingdom without a sword. ~ Traditional Proverbs
Looking at a king’s mouth one would never think he sucked his mother’s breast. ~ African Proverbs
Kings in this should imitate God; their mercy should be above their works. ~ William Penn
Kings have no friends. ~ Senegalese Proverbs
Kings have many ears and eyes. ~ Traditional Proverbs
Kings govern by popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them. ~ Charles James Fox
Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination. ~ George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Kings are like stars — they rise and set, they have the worship of the world, but no repose. ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley
It is hard for an ex-king to become a night watchman. ~ Indian Proverbs
It is easy to govern a kingdom but difficult to rule one’s family. ~ Chinese Proverbs
It is better to be without a king than [to have] a bad one. ~ Chanakya
If you shoot at a king you must kill him. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
If the king says that it is night in the middle of the day, look up at the stars. ~ Arabian Proverbs
If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~ Welsh Proverbs
If a child washes his hands he could eat with kings. ~ African Proverbs
Hunger is felt by slave and king alike. ~ Ghanaian Proverbs
He, who works as a slave, eats as a king. ~ Indian Proverbs
He that can work is born to be king of something. ~ Thomas Carlyle
He is a king who fears nothing; he is a king who desires nothing! ~ Marcus Annaeus Seneca
Every man is the king of his own beard. ~ Iranian Proverbs
Even the king does not dine twice. ~ French Proverbs
Drink water like an ox, wine like the king of Spain. ~ Italian Proverbs
Don’t forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings. ~ Frederick the Great
Don’t be a thief and you won’t fear the king. ~ Afghan Proverbs
Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost. ~ Herbert Spencer
Courtiers don’t take wagers against the king’s skill. There is the deadly danger of winning. ~ Isaac Asimov
Courage is a kingdom without a crown. ~ Hebrew Proverbs
Better to be a free bird than a captive king. ~ Danish Proverbs
Better a live beggar than a dead king. ~ Chinese Proverbs
Being happy is better than being king. ~ Nigerien Proverbs
An unjust king is like a river without water. ~ Arabian Proverbs
Among the blind the one eyed is king. ~ Traditional Proverbs
After the game the King and pawn go into the same box. ~ Italian Proverbs
A man without a child is a king without sorrows. ~ Iranian Proverbs
A king’s castle is his home. ~ Traditional Proverbs
A king should die on his feet. ~ Louis XVIII
A good soldier has only three things to think about; the king, God, and nothing. ~ German Proverbs
A cat may look at a king. ~ Traditional Proverbs
A big chair does not make a king. ~ Sudanese Proverbs
