Famous quotes containing the words king and/or asked:
“I would not like a king who could obey.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)
“To be candid, in Middlemarch phraseology, meant, to use an early opportunity of letting your friends know that you did not take a cheerful view of their capacity, their conduct, or their position; and a robust candour never waited to be asked for its opinion.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)