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“The King's son, who was told that a great princess, whom nobody knew, was come, ran out to receive her. He gave her his hand as she alighted from the coach, and led her into the hall where the company were assembled.”

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Book:The Tales of Mother Goose as First Collected by Charles Perrault in 1696

Source: The Tales of Mother Goose as First Collected by Charles Perrault in 1696

“The phone company handles 84 billion calls a year-everything from kings, queens, and presidents to the scum of the earth.”

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Author:Lily Tomlin

“The cynic who twitted Aristippus by observing that the philosopher who could dine on herbs might despise the company of a king, was well replied to by Aristippus, when he remarked that the philosopher who could enjoy the company or a king might also despise a dinner of herbs.”

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Book:Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

Source: Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

“Any society which is not improving is deteriorating, and the more so the closer and more familiar it is. Even a really superior man almost always begins to deteriorate when he is habitually king of his company.”

Men Company Progress Kings Familiar Superiors Improving Superior Man Deteriorating

Book:On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays

Source: On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays

“I did my first show when I was five and I was the King of the Oompa Loompas in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The kids theater company, I was the youngest one, so there wasnt a part for me, so they made me the king of the Oompa Loompas.”

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Author:Max Schneider

“You are obvious, boy. You are difficult to miss. If you came to me in company with a purple lion, a green elephant, and a scarlet unicorn astride which was the King of England in his Royal Robes, I do believe that it is you and you alone that people would stare at, dismissing the others as minor irrelevancies.”

People Ifs Believe Difficult Company Boys Missing Kings England Green Obvious Staring Lions Minors Elephants Royal Purple Robes Unicorn Scarlet

Book:The Graveyard Book

Source: The Graveyard Book

“With the Black Company series Glen Cook single-handedly changed the face of fantasy—something a lot of people didn’t notice and maybe still don’t. He brought the story down to a human level, dispensing with the cliché archetypes of princes, kings, and evil sorcerers. Reading his stuff was like reading Vietnam War fiction on peyote.”

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Author:Steven Erikson