王

解説

付記

むかしむかしの王が、怠け者の道化に言った。 「もしお前が王で、私が道化だったなら、 私は楽しく暮らせただろう」 道化は答えた。 「陛下がそうやって栄えるのは当然です。 この世に数多いる“陛下の臣下たる愚か者”の中で、 私こそが“もっとも寛容な愚か者”ですから」 ―― ウーガム・ベム

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Original

A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of.

Additional notes

A king, in times long, long gone by, Said to his lazy jester: If I were you and you were I My moments merrily would fly— Nor care nor grief to pester. The reason, Sire, that you would thrive, The fool said—"if you'll hear it— Is that of all the fools alive Who own you for their sovereign, I've The most forgiving spirit." Oogum Bem