Famous quotes containing the words ancient, sea and/or kings:
“There is an ancient saying, which is a true one—”To fight against two opponents is a difficult thing.””
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)
“In tremendous extremities human souls are like drowning men; well enough they know they are in peril; well enough they know the causes of that peril;Mnevertheless, the sea is the sea, and these drowning men do drown.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“Grammar, which rules even kings ...”
—Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)
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