Crowned King

Famous quotes containing the words crowned and/or king:

    The Papacy is no other than the Ghost of the deceased Roman Empire, sitting crowned upon the grave thereof; For so did the Papacy start up on a Sudden out of the Ruins of that Heathen Power.
    Thomas Hobbes (1579–1688)

    I would not like a king who could obey.
    Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)