Sovereign Grace

Famous quotes containing the words sovereign and/or grace:

    “If a Sovereign should, by great accident, deviate into moderation, justice, and clemency, what a contemptible figure would he make in the catalogue of Princes!”
    —Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

    “on thy brow
    Shall sit a nobler grace than now.
    Deep in the brightness of the skies
    The thronging years in glory rise.
    And, as they fleet,
    Drop strength and riches at thy feet.”
    —William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)