Famous quotes containing the words king and, king, queen and/or county:
“Ill stake all my soul
on that beauty,
till God shall awake
again in mens hearts,
who have said he is dead
our King and our Lover.”
—Hilda Doolittle (18861961)
“I think the King is but a man, as I am. The violet smells to
him as it doth to me.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“She is
The queen of curds and cream.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“I know this well, that if one thousand, if one hundred, if ten men whom I could name,if ten honest men only,ay, if one HONEST man, in this State of Massachusetts, ceasing to hold slaves, were actually to withdraw from this copartnership, and be locked up in the county jail therefor, it would be the abolition of slavery in America. For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be: what is once well done is done forever.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)