"Here lies our sovereign lord, the king, Whose word no man relies on, Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one."
— Unknown

January 1, 1970

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Rochester. To Charles II. "That is very true, for my words are my own. My actions are my minister's." Answer of Charles II, according to the account in Hume's History of England, VIII, p. 312.