Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Henry IV of England

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English royalty Henry IV of England.
Last updated on November 15, 2024.
Henry IV of England

Henry IV, also known as Henry Bolingbroke, was King of England from 1399 to 1413. He asserted the claim of his grandfather King Edward III, a maternal grandson of Philip IV of France, to the Kingdom of France. Henry was the first English ruler since the Norman Conquest, over three hundred years prior, whose mother tongue was English rather than French.

The shortest and surest way of arriving at real knowledge is to unlearn the lessons we have been taught, to mount the first principles, and take nobody's word about them.
The greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue.
Nations, like men, have their infancy. — © Henry IV of England
Nations, like men, have their infancy.
Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue.
Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt.
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