The Prince and the Pauper

When I am king they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.

Learning softeneth the heart and breedeth gentleness and charity.

A fully belly is little worth where the mind is starved.

Kings cannot ennoble thee, thou good, great soul, for One who is higher than kings hath done that for thee; but a king can confirm thy nobility to men.

When I am come to mine own again, I will always honor little children, remembering how that these trusted me and believed me in my time of trouble; whilst they that were older, and thought themselves wiser, mocked at me and held me for a liar.

And when he awoke in the morning and looked upon the wretchedness about him, his dream had had its usual effect: it had intensified the sordidness of his surroundings a thousandfold.

The world is made wrong; kings should go to school to their own laws, at times, and so learn mercy.

It does us all good to unbend sometimes.

I did not steal your paltry goods!

The reign of Edward VI was a singularly merciful one for those harsh times. Now that we are taking leave of him let us try to keep this in our minds, to his credit

What God wills, will happen; thou canst not hurry it, thou canst not alter it; therefore wait; and be patient

Let us change the tense for convenience.

That which I have seen, in that little moment, will never go out from my memory, but will abide there; and I shall see it all the days, and dream of it all the nights, till I die. Would God I had been blind!

But when weariness finally forced him to be silent, he was no longer of use to his tormentors, and they sought amusement elsewhere

What dost thou know of suffering and oppression! I and my people know, but not thou.

He lay down upon a sumptuous divan, and proceeded to instruct himself with honest zeal.

Foo-foo the First, King of the Mooncalves!

Yet little Tom was not unhappy. He had a hard time of it but did not know it. It was the sort of time that all the Offal Court boys had; therefore he supposed it was the correct and comfortable thing.

Their garment? Have they but one?" "Ah, good your Worship, what would they do with more? Truly they have not two bodies each.

When I am come to mine own again, I will always honour little children, remembering how that these trusted me and believed in me in my time of trouble; whilst they that were older, and thought themselves wiser, mocked at me and held me for a liar.

Kişinin kafası ve kalbi boşsa, karnı tok olmuş, neye yarar ! Bugün öğrendiklerimi hep aklımda tutacak, aldığım dersi hiç unutmayacak, halkımı bu sıkıntılardan kurtaracağım. Ne de olsa insanın kalbini yumuşatan da, içine iyilik ve cömertlik aşılayan da bilgi değil mi ?" / Çalınan Taç / The Prince and the Pauper