Famous quotes containing the words throne and/or vacant:
“The Throne raises the majesty of kings above scorn and above laws.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)
“And ladies with their nails prepared for tea
And sunken barques that coast the shores of hell
And old men vacant of propriety
Have faintly rung a next-door neighbor’s bell.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)