Famous quotes containing the words thy, sons and/or command:
“Be thine own palace, or the world’s thy jail.”
—John Donne (c. 1572–1631)
“They haven’t got no noses
The fallen sons of Eve;
Even the smell of roses
Is not what they supposes;
But more than mind discloses
And more than men believe.”
—Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)
“It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command her.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)