King Henry IV

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

    “An illiterate king is a crowned ass.”
    —Medieval English proverb.

    Said by the chronicler William of Malmesbury to have been much used by King Henry I of England (1068-1135)

    “I should think that an ordinary copy of the King James version would have been good enough for those Congressmen.”
    —Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)

    “The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.”
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)