Famous quotes containing the words fire, giant and/or king:
“And shed had lucky eyes and a high heart,
And wisdom that caught fire like the dried flax,
At need, and made her beautiful and fierce,
Sudden and laughing.”
—William Butler Yeats (18651939)
“The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“I think the King is but a man, as I am. The violet smells to
him as it doth to me.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)