As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It must be terribly lonely to be a king instead of a man.
An awful lot of fantasy, and even some great fantasy, falls into the mistake of assuming that a good man will be a good king, that all that is necessary is to be a decent human being and when you're king everything will go swimmingly.
There are some examples of medieval kings who were terrible human beings but were nevertheless good kings.
One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.
A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat.
The enemies cannot destroy the king who has at his service the respect and friendship of the wise men who can find fault, disagree, and correct him.
The world is full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.
As for our great King, when we venture into His presence, let us have a purpose there. Let us beware of playing at praying; it is insolence toward God.
Why is it that the king can do no wrong? This shows they do not regard the king as being a human. But the king can do wrong.
Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.
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