Sovereign

Famous quotes containing the word sovereign:

    My maiden Isabel,
    Reflaring rosabel.
    The fragrant camomel;
    The ruddy rosary,
    The sovereign rosemary,
    The pretty strawberry;
    The columbine, the nept,
    The jelofer well set,
    The proper violet:
    John Skelton (1460?–1529)

    ‘tis a duteous thing
    To show all honor to an earthly king;
    —Unknown. Yet if His Majesty, Our Sovereign Lord (l. 21–22)

    The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him and the condition of free men is deliberate servility.
    Georges Bataille (1897–1962)