"The Prince and the Pauper" Quotes
"The Prince and the Pauper" by Mark Twain is a novel about two boys, a prince and a pauper, who switch places and experience life in each other's shoes, leading to a series of adventures and insights into social inequality.
classics | 248 pages | Published in 1976
Quotes
The world is made up of two classes - the oppressors and the oppressed.
When I am King, they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.
Oh, prithee, say no more; 'tis glorious—if I could but believe it!
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.
The beggar was but a king in disguise.
For the first time in many hours he was alone.
The common herd should know their place.
The King is dead; long live the King!
Let thy heart be merry and give no thought to the morrow.
A full heart requires a full tongue.
