German King Henry

Famous quotes containing the words german, king and/or henry:

    “I have known a German Prince with more titles than subjects, and a Spanish nobleman with more names than shirts.”
    —Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)

    “Oh the rose, the rose, the gentle rose,
    And the fennel that grows so green!
    God give us grace in every place
    To pray for our king and queen.”
    —Unknown. The Seven Virgins (l. 41–44)

    “You can’t appreciate home till you’ve left it, money till it’s spent, your wife till she’s joined a woman’s club, nor Old Glory till you see it hanging on a broomstick on the shanty of a consul in a foreign town.”
    —O. Henry [William Sydney Porter] (1862–1910)