I read this one years ago, said of King Charles II: We have a pretty witty king, Whose word no man relies on, He never said a foolish thing, And never did a wi

I read this one years ago, said of King Charles II: We have a pretty witty king, Whose word no man relies on, He never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one. Charles is reported to have said it was true, because his words were his own, but his actions were those of his ministers.