King David

Famous quotes containing the words king and/or david:

    “There is no king or sovereign state
    That can fix a hero’s rate;
    Each to all is venerable.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “The next time the novelist rings the bell I will not stir though the meeting-house burn down.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)