Aragorn's Crown
Originally uploaded by andy z.The crown. Place it upon your head and assume a different pose - tranquil yet radiating assurance. Never show doubt, never lose your dignity beneath the crown, or it will not fit. It will seem to be destined for one more worthy. Do not wait for a coronation; the greatest emperors crown themselves.
- Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power
Everyone should be royal after his own fashion. Let all your actions, even though they are not those of a king, be, in their own sphere, worthy of one. Be sublime in your deeds, lofty in your thoughts; and in all your doings show that you deserve to be a kings even though you are not one in reality.
- Baltasar Gracian (1691 - 1658)
i-li-za-rov (i lē zä ruv) n.
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