A king may be a tool, a thing of straw; but if he serves to frighten our enemies, and secure our property, it is well enough: a scarecrow is a thing of straw, but it protects the corn. - Alexander Pope
All kings are foes of all the men they rule. - Hortense Flexner
If the king is pious, the subjects become so; but if the king is vicious, the subjects become the same. If he be indifferent to both (virtue and vice), then they too bear the same character. In short, as is the king so are his subjects. - Chanakya
The greatest slave in a kingdom is generally the king of it. - Fulke Greville
All kings are foes of all the men they rule. - Hortense Flexner
If the king is pious, the subjects become so; but if the king is vicious, the subjects become the same. If he be indifferent to both (virtue and vice), then they too bear the same character. In short, as is the king so are his subjects. - Chanakya
The greatest slave in a kingdom is generally the king of it. - Fulke Greville
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