King Hiss

Famous quotes containing the words king and/or hiss:

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

    “Ah! Sir, a boy’s being flogged is not so severe as a man’s having the hiss of the world against him.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)