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

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

    “The hope, and not the fact, of advancement, is the spur to industry.”
    —Sir Henry Taylor (1800–1886)

    “For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast
    crowned him with glory and honor.
    Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;”
    —Bible: Hebrew Psalm VIII (l. VIII, 5–6)

    “The five kings count the dead but do not soften
    The crusted wound nor stroke the brow;
    A hand rules pity as a hand rules heaven;
    Hands have no tears to flow.”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “War is too important a matter to be left to the military.”
    —Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929)