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Kings ought never to be seen upon the stage. in the abstract, they are very disagreeable characters: it is only while living that they are 'the best of kings'. it is their power, their splendour, it is the apprehension of the personal consequences of their favour or their hatred that dazzles the imagination and suspends the judgement of their favourites or their vassals; but death cancels the bond of allegiance and of interest; and seen as they were, their power and their pretensions look monstrous and ridiculous.
-William Hazlitt
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Kings Ought Never To Be Seen Upon

William Hazlitt
Kings ought never to be seen upon the stage. in the abstract, they are very disagreeable characters: it is only while living that they are 'the best of kings'. it is their power, their splendour, it is the apprehension of the personal consequences of their favour or their hatred that dazzles the imagination and suspends the judgement of their favourites or their vassals; but death cancels the bond of allegiance and of interest; and seen as they were, their power and their pretensions look monstrous and ridiculous.
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