God Preserve Thy

Famous quotes containing the words god, preserve and/or thy:

    ““Because I am mad about women
    I am mad about the hills,”
    Said that wild old wicked man
    Who travels where God wills....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “I’ve tried not to exaggerate the glory of athletes. I’d rather, if I could, preserve a sense of proportion, to write about them as excellent ballplayers, first-rate players. But I’m sure I have contributed to false values—as Stanley Woodward said, “Godding up those ballplayers.”
    The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.”
    —Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)

    “Do not conceale no beauty grace,
    That’s either in thy minde or face,
    Least vertue overcome by vice,
    Make men beleeve no Paradice.”
    —Sir Francis Kynaston (1587–1642)