Famous quotes containing the words british and/or empire:
“Swans moulting die, snow melts to tears,
Roses do blush and hang their heads,”
—Henry Noel, British poet, and William Strode, British poet. Beauty Extolled (attributed to Noel and to Strode)
“An empire is an immense egotism.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)