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46,042. You perceive the body of our kingdom – how foul it is, with what rank diseases grown and with what danger near the heart of it. (Shakespeare & Kingdom) The Hollow Crown: Henry IV part II 2012 ***** BBC starring Jeremy Irons & Simon Russell Beale & Tom Hiddleston & Alun Armstrong & David Bamber & Julie Walters & Niamh Cusack & David Dawson & Michaelle Dockery et al, director Richard Eyre, King
46,066. When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentler gamester is soonest winner. (Shakespeare & Kingdom) The Hollow Crown: Henry V 2012 starring Tim Hiddleston & Geraldine Chaplin & Paul Freeman & Julie Walters & John Hurt & Tom Georgeson & Richard Griffiths & Paterson Joseph & James Laurenson et al, director Thea Sharrock, Henry V
78,280. Know we have divided
In three our kingdom, and ’tis our first intent
To shake all cares and business off our state. (Kingdom & Division) William Shakespeare, The History of King Lear I i 37-40, Lear
77,307. A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts. (Injustice & Kingdom) Seneca
78,281. A good mind possesses a kingdom. Seneca
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78,282. My mind’s my kingdom. Francis Quarles
78,283. And so I am become a knight of the Kingdom of Dreams and Shadows. (Kingdom & Knight) Mark Twain
78,284. Our ambition should be to rule ourselves. The true kingdom for each of us. And true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more. (Kingdom & Rule) Oscar Wilde
78,285. I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay their hands on everything they can get. (Kingdom & Priest) Napoleon Bonaparte
78,286. No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ. (Kingdom & Kingdom & God & Christianity) Charles de Montesquieu
78,287. An earthly kingdom cannot exist without inequality of persons. Some must be free, some serfs, some rulers, some subjects. (Kingdom & Inequality) Dr Martin Luther King junior