Kings

Famous quotes containing the word kings:

    “We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts.”
    —Harold MacMillan (1894–1986)

    “...some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, “Go away, baldhead! Go away, baldhead!””
    —Bible: Hebrew, 2 Kings 2:23.

    Elisha--proving that baldness has been a source of sensitivity for centuries, Elisha cursed them and they died.

    “Why should kings and nobles have
    Pictured trophies to their grave,
    And we, churls, to thee deny
    Thy pretty toys with thee to lie—
    A more harmless vanity?”
    —Charles Lamb (1775–1834)