King Henry III

Famous quotes containing the words king henry, king, henry and/or iii:

    Williams. I pray you, what thinks he of our estate?
    King Henry. Even as men wrecked upon a sand, that look to be
    washed off the next tide.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting
    doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
    Bible: Hebrew Psalm XXIV (l. XXIV, 7)

    Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)

    Knavery seems to be so much a the striking feature of its inhabitants that it may not in the end be an evil that they will become aliens to this kingdom.
    —George III (1738–1820)