Titular King

Famous quotes containing the words titular king, titular and/or king:

    When a natural king becomes a titular king, every body is pleased and satisfied.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    When a natural king becomes a titular king, every body is pleased and satisfied.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    An illiterate king is a crowned ass.
    —Medieval English proverb.

    Said by the chronicler William of Malmesbury to have been much used by King Henry I of England (1068-1135)