Scarlet Empire

Famous quotes containing the words scarlet and/or empire:

    when I see the beauty of your face,
    Ye been so scarlet red about your eyen,
    It maketh all my dreade for to dyen;
    Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    The foundation of empire is art & science. Remove them or degrade them, & the empire is no more. Empire follows art & not vice versa as Englishmen suppose.
    William Blake (1757–1827)