Kings

Famous quotes containing the word kings:

“Surely he is a god; either he is meditating, or he has wandered away, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.”
—Bible: Hebrew, 1 Kings 18:27.

Elijah mocking worshipers of Ba’al.

“I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by the gentle ways of peace and love.”
—Thomas Traherne (1636–1674)

“Grammar, which rules even kings ...”
—Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)