Popularity: 1
Vote:   | God grant him peace and happiness but never an understanding of what he has lost. |
Popularity: -1
Vote: | I am very sorry to know and hear how unreverently that most precious jewel, the Word of God, is disputed, rhymed, sung and jangled in every ale-house and tavern, contrary to the true meaning and doctrine of the same. |
Popularity: -1
Vote: | I have made this, the most serious decision of my life, only upon the single thought of what would, in the end, be best for all. |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | I now quit altogether public affairs and I lay down my burden. It may be some time before I return to my native land, but I shall always follow the fortunes of the British race and empire with profound interest, and if at any time in the future I can be found of service to his majesty in a private station, I shall not fail. |
Popularity: -2
Vote: | I wanted to be an up-to-date king. But I didn't have much time. |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | I was shocked and angry with the starting suggestion that I should send from my land, my realm, the woman I intended to marry. |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | Now what do I do with this? |
Popularity: -2
Vote: | Of course, I do have a slight advantage over the rest of you. It helps in a pinch to be able to remind your bride that you gave up a throne for her. |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | Perhaps one of the only positive pieces of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet. |
Popularity: -2
Vote: | These works brought all these people here. Something should be done to get them at work again. |
Popularity: -1
Vote: | We are all socialists nowadays. |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | Well, Mr. Baldwin! This is a pretty kettle of fish! |
Popularity: 1
Vote: | When you're bored with yourself, marry and be bored with someone else. |
Popularity: -1
Vote: | You all know the reasons which have impelled me to renounce the throne. But I want you to understand that in making up my mind I did not forget the country or the empire, which, as Prince of Wales and lately as King, I have for twenty-five years tried to serve. |