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"Arrogance is a kingdom without a crown." »American Proverb
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"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." »William Shakespeare
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"Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life." »Bible, New Testament, James, Chapter 1, Verse 12
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"The world pins no medals on you because of what you know, but it may crown you with glory and riches for what you do." »Unknown
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"Our founders did not oust George III in order for us to crown Richard I." »Ralph Nader
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"Blessed is the man that endureth temptation for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life." »Bible
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"Like jewels in a crown, the precious stones glittered in the queen's round metal hat." »Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
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"A slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown." »Albert Camus
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"Many a crown of wisdom is but the golden chamberpot of success, worn with pompous dignity." »Joey Adams
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"He that is ambitious of fame destroys it. He that increaseth not his knowledge diminishes it. He that uses the crown of learning as an instrument of gain will pass away." »The Talmud
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"No pain, no palm no thorns, no throne no gall, no glory, no glory no cross, no crown." »William Penn
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"Dug from the tomb of taste-refining time, Each form is exquisite, each block sublime. Or good, or bad,-disfigur'd, or deprav'd,- All art, is at its resurrection sav'd All crown'd with glory in the critic's heav'n, Each merit magnified, each fault forgiven." »Sir Martin Archer Shee
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"When kings the sword of justice first lay down;
They art no kings, though they posess the crown;
Titles are shadows, crowns are empty things,
The good of subjects is the end of kings." »Daniel Defoe
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"O Winter ruler of the inverted year, . . . I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturb'd Retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted evening, know." »William Cowper
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"America, meaning mostly the United States, is not an easy concept to comprehend. It may be appropriate that it was discovered by a Genoese sailor, in the service of the Spanish crown, looking for some place else and that, for the next half-century, it was treated as a geological impediment to be gotten through or around in order to reach some far more profitable other side." »Vincent Canby, The New York Times, November 11, 1984
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