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The authority of the King, in France, has, in the first place, the advantage of duration over that of the President, and durability is one of the chief elements of strength; nothing is either loved or feared but what is likely to endure.
Alexis de Tocqueville • Democracy in America, Volume I and II (Optimized for Kindle)
the Dark King.
Sarah J. Maas • Empire of Storms
A King that knows the limits to his desires, will rule a lifetime.
It is not luxury and pomp that make a king a king. It is when his orders are never disobeyed that he has entered a title such as yours.
— Mudrarakshasa 3.99 [c. 300 AD]