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The king of Pointland, the Abyss of No dimension. He believes himself to be his entire world and universe. Although A Square tries to help the Point out of his complacency, the Point interprets A Square’s words to be nothing more than his own thoughts, since he is incapable of conceiving of anything that isn’t himself.
The Monarch of Pointland Quotes in Flatland
The Flatland quotes below are all either spoken by The Monarch of Pointland or refer to The Monarch of Pointland. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 20
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Yet mark his perfect self-contentment, and hence learn his lesson, that to be self-contented is to be vile and ignorant, and that to aspire is better than to be blindly and impotently happy.
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The Monarch of Pointland Quotes in Flatland
The Flatland quotes below are all either spoken by The Monarch of Pointland or refer to The Monarch of Pointland. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 20
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Yet mark his perfect self-contentment, and hence learn his lesson, that to be self-contented is to be vile and ignorant, and that to aspire is better than to be blindly and impotently happy.
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