Sovereign

Famous quotes containing the word sovereign:

    “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)

    “I, of ladies most deject and wretched,
    That sucked the honey of his music vows,
    Now see that noble and most sovereign reason
    Like sweet bells jangled out of tune and harsh.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)