Reges Quotes & Sayings

Whenever monarchs err, the people are punished.
[Lat., Quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi.] — Horace

Our greatest illusion is to believe that we are what we think ourselves to be. — Henri Frederic Amiel

I enjoy being recognized. I'll be very sad if people stop recognizing me. I'll be very sad if I'm not interviewed, because that's a very amazing process. — Anupam Kher

All the happiness there is in this world Arises from wishing others to be happy. And all the suffering there is in this world Arises from wishing oneself to be happy. — Shantideva

When you sell in desperation, you always sell cheap. — Peter Lynch

Back when I was an Islamist, I thought our ideology was like communism - and I still do. That makes me optimistic. Because what happened to communism? It was discredited as an idea. It lost. — Maajid Nawaz

Forgiveness is to offer no resistance to life - to allow life to live through you. — Eckhart Tolle

I'm pretty calculating. I take stuff that I know appeals to people's bad sides and match it up with stuff that appeals to their good sides. — Kanye West

So, you told them you'd do it."
"I did. Do you think that's dumb?"
"I think it's dangerous," he said, turning me to face him. "I think you're crazy. But dangerous and crazy are two of the things I love most about you. So, no. Not dumb. Although I am disappointed that your condition for taking the job was reopening Hex Hall and not, I don't know, a Caribbean vacation with your boyfriend."
He lowered his head to kiss me, and Jenna cleared her throat. "Um, hello? Pretty sure vampire sidekick should get some kind of perk, too."
Archer nudged Jenna's shoulder. "Tell you what, when we get back from the Caribbean, she can take you to Transylvania or something. How does that sound? — Rachel Hawkins

Here's some advice: if it seems too good to be true, then it probably is. — Kol Anderson

There are reports that Russia is actually working with North Korea to encourage "collaboration and cooperation" between the two countries. Yeah, they believe that with Russia's economic power and North Korea's technology, they can be a real threat to 1987. — Jimmy Fallon

And I have begun thinking of that life as miraculous and lucky. How could a man I had dreaded as my commandant and who tried twice to get me kicked out of college become the subject of the first book I would write? [ ... ] Who could have foreseen the day I would deliver his eulogy at the Summerall Chapel, or that I would give a speech on the night they named the dining room in the new Alumni Hall after him? Not me. Not once. Not ever. — Pat Conroy