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Charles II of England
7 quotes
“Better than a play!”
Charles II of England (1630–1685) first seen 1610 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the House of Lords' debate on Lord Ross's Divorce Bill (1610), as quoted in King Charles the Second (1931) by Arthur Bryant
“If we are understood, more words are unnecessary; if we are not likely to be understood, they are useless.”
Charles II of England (1630–1685) first seen 1674 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To the Earl of Manchester, as quoted in the notes to Hudibras (1674), Part 1, Canto 1, by Samuel Butler, edited by Henry George Bohn, (1859)
“We saw, that no Expedient would be entertain'd but that of a total Exclusion, which We had so often declar'd, was a Point, that in Our Own Royal Judgment, so nearly concern'd Us both in Honour, Justice, and Conscience, that We could never consent to it: In short, We cannot, after the sad Experience We have had of the late Civil Wars, that Murder'd Our Father of Blessed Memory, and ruin'd the Monarchy, consent to a Law, that shall establish another most Unnatural War, or at least make it necessary to maintain a Standing Force for the Preserving the Government and the Peace of the Kingdom.”
Charles II of England (1630–1685) first seen 1678 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: His Majesty's Declaration to all his Loving Subjects, touching the Causes and Reasons that moved Him to Dissolve the Two last Parliaments (8 April 1681), quoted in Memoirs Relating to the Impeachment of Thomas Earl of D…
“And who cannot but remember, That Religion, Liberty and Property were all lost and gone, when the Monarchy was shaken off, and could never be reviv'd till that was restored.”
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Recorded in: His Majesty's Declaration to all his Loving Subjects, touching the Causes and Reasons that moved Him to Dissolve the Two last Parliaments (8 April 1681), quoted in Memoirs Relating to the Impeachment of Thomas Earl of D…
“He had been, he said, an unconscionable time dying; but he hoped that they would excuse it.”
Charles II of England (1630–1685) said by 1685 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in A History of England (1849) by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Vol. I, Ch. 4, p. 437
“Let not poor Nelly starve.”
Charles II of England (1630–1685) said by 1685 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On his deathbed, asking that his favourite mistress, Nell Gwynne, be looked after, as quoted in History of My Own Time (1734), by Gilbert Burnet, Vol.II, Bk.iii, Ch. 17
“Mrs. Lane and I took our journey towards Bristol, resolving to lie at a place called Long Marson, in the vale of Esham. But we had not gone two hours on our way but the mare I rode on cast a shoe; so we were forced to ride to get another shoe at a scattering village, whose name begins with something like Long—. And as I was holding my horse's foot, I asked the smith what news? He told me that there was no news that he knew of, since the good news of the beating of the rogues the Scots. I asked him whether there was none of the English taken that joined with the Scots? He answered, that he did not hear that that rogue Charles Stewart was taken; but some of the others, he said, were taken, but not Charles Stewart. I told him, that if that rogue were taken he deserved to be hanged, more than all the rest, for bringing in the Scots. Upon which he said, that I spoke like an honest man, and so we parted.”
Charles II of England (1630–1685) said by 1685 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted by Philibert de Gramont (1701), in Memoirs of the Court of Charles the Second (1846) by Anthony Hamilton, edited by Sir Walter Scott.