Sovereign

Famous quotes containing the word sovereign:

    “Every new sovereign brings his own ministers.”
    —Chinese proverb.

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

    “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)