The Wise and Ingenious Companion, French and English; / or, A Collection of the Wit of the Illustrious Persons, Both Ancient and Modern

by Abel Boyer

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King Pyrrhus taking notice that his Son us’d his Subjects with too much Pride and Severity, rebuk’d him in these Words; I perceive well enough, my Son, by your haughty way of Proceeding, that you are ignorant that the Royal Dignity is but a creditable Slavery.

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Le Roy Pyrrhus voyant son Fils qui traitoit ses sujets avec trop de fierté & de rigueur, le reprit en ces termes: Je voi bien, mon Fils, à vôtre maniere arrogante d’agir, que vous ignorez, que la dignité de Roy est une servitude honnorable.