Sun Kings

Famous quotes containing the words sun and/or kings:

    “And new Philosophy calls all in doubt,
    The element of fire is quite put out;
    The Sun is lost, and th’earth, and no mans wit
    Can well direct him where to look for it.”
    —John Donne (c. 1572–1631)

    “We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts.”
    —Harold MacMillan (1894–1986)