English - Royalty | April 15, 1367 - March 20, 1413
Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt.
Henry IV of England
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The greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue.
ArtVirtueViceGreatestPolitician
The shortest and surest way of arriving at real knowledge is to unlearn the lessons we have been taught, to mount the first principles, and take nobody's word about them.
KnowledgeNobodyPrinciplesWayReal
Nations, like men, have their infancy.
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Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue.
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