Ancient Sea Kings

Famous quotes containing the words ancient, sea and/or kings:

    He stood bewildered, not appalled, on that dark shore which separates the ancient and the modern world.... He is power, passion, self-will personified.
    William Hazlitt (1778–1830)

    When heaven doth weep, doth not the earth o’erflow?
    If the winds rage, doth not the sea wax mad,
    Threatening the welkin with his big-swollen face?
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, able to discern between good and evil; for who can govern this your great people?
    Bible: Hebrew, 1 Kings 3:9.

    Solomon to God.