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"Princes that would their people should do well Must at themselves begin, as at the head; For men, by their example, pattern out Their imitations, and regard of laws: A virtuous court a world to virtue draws."
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"O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes favors! There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars and women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again."
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A prince is a male ruler or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family Prince is also a title of nobility, often hereditary, in some European states The female equivalent is a princess The English word derives, via the French word prince, from the Latin noun princeps, from primus (first) and caput (head), meaning "the first, foremost, the chief, most distinguished, noble ruler, pri
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