Famous quotes containing the words emperor, late and/or reign:
“Even the emperor has straw-sandaled relatives.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison.”
—Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)
“For sov’reign pow’r reign not alone,
Grace is the partner of the throne;
Thy grace and justice mighty Lord,
Shall well divide our last reward.”
—Isaac Watts (1674–1748)