Crown Jewels/africa

Famous quotes containing the words crown, jewels and/or africa:

“Ye distant spires, ye antique towers,
That crown the wat’ry glade.”
—Thomas Gray (1716–1771)

“Just see how it glints and sparkles. Of course it is a nucleus and focus of crime. Every good stone is. They are the devil’s pet baits. In larger and older jewels every facet may stand for a bloody deed....”
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

“America is not civil, whilst Africa is barbarous.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)