#shahrazad

For surely a king is first a man. And so it must follow that a king does as all men do: the best he can. ↗

— Cameron Dokey

#men #shahrazad #storyteller #men

[Shahrazad] had perused the books, annals and legends of preceding Kings, and the stories, examples and instances of by gone men and things; indeed it was said that she had collected a thousand books of histories relating to antique races and departed rulers. She had perused the works of the poets and knew them by heart; she had studied philosophy and the sciences, arts and accomplishments; and she was pleasant and polite, wise and witty, well read and well bred. ↗

— Richard Francis Burton

#art