Imperial Authority

Famous quotes containing the words imperial and/or authority:

    Fair tresses man’s imperial race ensnare,
    And beauty draws us with a single hair.
    Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    I am still a learner, not a teacher, feeding somewhat omnivorously, browsing both stalk and leaves; but I shall perhaps be enabled to speak with more precision and authority by and by,—if philosophy and sentiment are not buried under a multitude of details.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)