“When [men] see a pretty woman, and feel the delicious madness of love coming over them, they always stop to calculate her temper, her money, their own money, or suitableness for the married life.... Ha, ha, ha! Let us fool in this way no more. I have been in love forty-three times with all ranks and conditions of women, and would have married every time if they would have let me. How many wives had King Solomon, the wisest of men? And is not that story a warning to us that Love is master of the wisest? It is only fools who defy him.” IfsMenWayLoveFeelsHas BeensStoriesThreeLove IsWifeConditionsMastersFoolKingsMarriedLet MeMadnessFortyWarningTemperDeliciousThree TimesWisestMarried LifeBeen In LoveSolomonPretty Woman Author:William Makepeace Thackeray
“In the last 48 hours King Abdullah from Saudi Arabia passed away. I have a moral dilemma. The king passed away three or four days ago. Is it too soon to hit on Queen Latifah?” LastsThreeHoursMoralFourKingsQueensDilemmaArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisPassed AwayMoral Dilemma48 HoursKing Abdullah Author:David Letterman
“The national State divides its inhabitants into three classes: State citizens, State subjects, and foreigners. It must be held in greater honour to be a citizen of this Reich even if only a crossing-sweeper, than to be a king in a foreign State.” IfsStatesThreeClassGreaterSubjectsKingsCitizensHonourDividesForeignersCrossingsSweepers Author:Adolf Hitler
“In our times, significantly, the three outstanding voices against violence have been silenced by murder - Mahatma Gandhi in India, Archbishop Romero in El Salvador, and Dr. Martin Luther King, here at home.” Has BeensHomeThreeVoiceViolenceKingsIndiaMurderOur TimeDrsLutherOutstandingDr Martin Luther KingEl SalvadorAgainst Violence Book:Speaking up Source: Speaking up
“Just as a royal rule, if not a mere name, must exist by virtue of some great personal superiority in the king, so tyranny, which is the worst of governments, is necessarily the farthest removed from a well-constituted form; oligarchy is little better, for it is a long way from aristocracy, and democracy is the most tolerable of the three.” IfsWayWellsLittlesLongGovernmentFormThreeNamesVirtueDemocracyWorstKingsMereTyrannySuperiorityRoyalLong WayAristocracyTolerableOligarchyGreat Person Book:The Essential Aristotle Source: The Essential Aristotle
“When the Prince of Wales [later King George IV] and the Duke of York went to visit their brother Prince William [later William IV]at Plymouth, and all three being very loose in their manners, and coarse in their language, Prince William said to his ship's crew, "now I hope you see that I am not the greatest blackguard of my family.” SaidThreeLanguageBrotherKingsMy FamilyShipsMannersCrewRoyaltyDukesWalesCoarsePlymouth Author:Horace Walpole
“Love is... what makes a weak man brave and a king step off his throne. Good times, bad times, easy times, tough times, it comes in an instant and lasts three days after forever. That's what love is.” MenLoveLastsThreeEasyLove IsStepsForeverKingsToughWeakBraveInstantGood TimesThronesTough TimesBad TimesWeak ManGood Times Bad Times Author:Mike Oldfield