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Princes know themselves to be princes, and are not snobs; besides, they believe themselves to be so far above everything that is not of their blood royal that noblemen and commoners appear, in the depths beneath them, to be practically on a level.
Marcel Proust, French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)
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The most part of all princes have more delight in warlike manners and feats of chivalry than in the good feats of peace.
Thomas More, English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
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How vast those Orbs must be, and how inconsiderable this Earth, the Theatre upon which all our mighty Designs, all our Navigations, and all our Wars are transacted, is when compared to them. A very fit consideration, and matter of Reflection, for those Kings and Princes who sacrifice the Lives of so many People, only to flatter their Ambition in being Masters of some pitiful corner of this small Spot.
Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1629–1695)
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