King David

Famous quotes containing the words king and/or david:

“The first wrote, Wine is the strongest. The second wrote, The king is strongest. The third wrote, Women are strongest: but above all things Truth beareth away the victory.”
—Apocrypha. 1 Esdras, 3:10-12.

Referring to “three young men” of the bodyguard of Darius, king of the Persians, competing for his favor.

“Time & Co. are, after all, the only quite honest and trustworthy publishers that we know.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)