Brother Ptolemy VIII

Famous quotes containing the words brother and/or viii:

“What poet would not grieve to see
His brother write as well as he?
But rather than they should excel,
He’d wish his rivals all in Hell.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)

“Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength
because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the
avenger.”
—Bible: Hebrew Psalm VIII (l. VIII, 2)