The Routledge Book of World Proverbs
A cork will do for a king, if you need him that badly. (Yiddish)
A good king is better than an old law. (Danish)
A king cannot go as far as he will, only as far as he can. (German)
A king is given for the sake of the kingdom, not the kingdom for the sake of the king. (Roman)
A king is one who fears nothing; a king is one who desires nothing. (Roman)
A king should prefer his country to his children. (Roman)
A king’s castle is his home. (Roman)
A king’s chaff is worth more than other men’s corn. (Roman)
An illiterate king is a crowned ass. (English)
As is the king, so are his people. (Spanish)
Do you not know that kings have long hands? (Roman)
Every monarch is subject to a mightier one. (Roman)
Every person is king in his own home. (Albanian)
It befits the king to be liberal, for he is sure of never falling into poverty. (Portuguese)
Kings have long arms. (Greek)
Kings have many ears and eyes. (Roman)
Kings love the treason, but not the traitor. (Roman)
Kings will find armies, and the world men. (Irish)
Never pray for a new king. (Yiddish)
New king, new laws. (Unknown)
No lapse of time bars the rights of the king. (Roman)
Scratch a king and find a fool. (German)
The greater the king, the greater the people. (German)
The greatest king must at last be laid to rest with a shovel. (French)
The king and the crying child will have their way. (Japanese)
The king can do no wrong. (Roman)
The king cannot rule as he wishes. (German)
The king of the bees has no sting. (Portuguese)
The king’s wishes are commands. (German)
The reach of a king is long. (German)
We cannot all be kings. (German)
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