Famous quotes containing the words king and/or power:
“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)
“Though I than Hemay longer live
He longer mustthan I
For I have but the power to kill,
Withoutthe power to die”
—Emily Dickinson (18301886)