Famous quotes containing the words kings of and/or kings:
“I am the very pattern of a modern Major-Gineral,
I’ve information vegetable, animal, and mineral;
I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical,
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical;”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“It is an imprudence common to kings to listen to too much advice and to err in their choice.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)