George II of Great Britain Quotes

1683–1760 United Kingdom

George II (November 10 1683 – October 25 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 (O.S.) until his death in 1760.

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I hate painting, and poetry too! Neither the one nor the other ever did any good.

John Ireland Hogarth Illustrated (1791)

If he is mad, so much the better; and if he is mad, I hope to God he’ll bite some of my generals.

There are kings enough in England. I am nothing there. I am old and want rest and should only go to be plagued and teased there about that Damned House of Commons.

Statement made in Hanover (1755)

No, I'll have mistresses.

Who is this Pope that I hear so much about? I cannot discover what is his merit. Why will not my subjects write in prose?

Attributed Sir James Prior's Life of Edmond Malone (1860)

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