King of England

Famous quotes containing the words king of, king and/or england:

    I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England, too.
    Elizabeth I (1533–1603)

    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)

    The great majority of people in England and America are modest, decent and pure-minded and the amount of virgins in the world today is stupendous.
    Barbara Cartland (b. 1901)