#throne

Two urns on Jove's high throne have ever stood, the source of evil one, and one of good; from thence the cup of mortal man he fills, blessings to these, to those distributes ills; to most he mingles both. ↗

— Homer

#both #cup #distributes #ever #evil

Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#every #every man #labor #lives #man

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#covered #only #throne #velvet

There's nothing secret about it. Everyone knows that I am waiting for my real parents, the king and queen, to come restore me to my rightful throne. ↗

— Meg Cabot

#am #come #everyone #i #i am

Oh, the summer night, Has a smile of light, And she sits on a sapphire throne. ↗

— Barry Cornwall

#night #oh #she #sits #smile

A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

#considers #else #father #his #husband

Of course, I do have a slight advantage over the rest of you. It helps in a pinch to be able to remind your bride that you gave up a throne for her. ↗

— King Edward VIII

#able #advantage #bride #course #gave

You all know the reasons which have impelled me to renounce the throne. But I want you to understand that in making up my mind I did not forget the country or the empire, which, as Prince of Wales and lately as King, I have for twenty-five years tried to serve. ↗

— King Edward VIII

#did #empire #forget #i #i want you

Among those who share a throne there can be no loyalty; Dominion's ever impatient consort. ↗

— Marcus Annaeus Lucan

#dominion #ever #impatient #loyalty #share

Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#scaffold #throne #truth #wrong