Famous quotes containing the words king and/or sisyphus:
“The first wrote, Wine is the strongest. The second wrote, The king is strongest. The third wrote, Women are strongest: but above all things Truth beareth away the victory.”
—Apocrypha. 1 Esdras, 3:10-12.
Referring to “three young men” of the bodyguard of Darius, king of the Persians, competing for his favor.
“The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)