Famous quotes containing the words battle and/or brunanburh:
“Marriage is a fierce battle before which the two partners ask heaven for its blessing, because loving each other is the most audacious of enterprises; the battle is not slow to start, and victory, that is to say freedom, goes to the cleverest.”
—Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)
“Then with their nailed prows
Parted the Norsemen,”
—Unknown. Battle of Brunanburh (l. 93–94)