Henry Viii/kings Great Matter - 1525%e2%80%931534

Famous quotes containing the words viii, kings and/or matter:

    When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
    What is man, that thou art mindful of him?
    —Bible: Hebrew Psalm VIII (l. VIII, 3–4)

    As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.
    Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)

    The lies fall like flaxen threads from the skies
    All over America, and the fact that some of them are true of course
    Doesn’t so much not matter as serve to justify
    The whole mad organizing force under the billows of correct delight.
    John Ashbery (b. 1927)