Sole Emperor

Famous quotes containing the words sole and/or emperor:

“Wait a second while I take a swig off this bottle: it’s my true and only Helicon, my Caballine fount, my sole Enthusiasm. Here, drinking, I deliberate, I reason, I resolve and conclude. After the epilogue I laugh, I write, I compose, I drink. Ennius drinking would write, writing would drink.”
—François Rabelais (1494–1553)

“Even the emperor has straw-sandaled relatives.”
—Chinese proverb.