Sovereign

Famous quotes containing the word sovereign:

    Before he left, Aunt William pressed a sovereign into his hand guiltily, as if it were conscience money. He, on his side, took it as though it were a doctor’s fee, and both ignored the transaction.
    Ada Leverson (1862–1933)

    Psychoanalysis can unravel some of the forms of madness; it remains a stranger to the sovereign enterprise of unreason. It can neither limit nor transcribe, nor most certainly explain, what is essential in this enterprise.
    Michel Foucault (1926–1984)

    O Sovereign of the willing soul,
    Parent of sweet and solemn-breathing airs,
    Enchanting shell!
    Thomas Gray (1716–1771)