Empire Strikes

Famous quotes containing the words empire and/or strikes:

    “So farewell hope, and with hope, farewell fear,
    Farewell remorse! All good to me is lost;
    Evil, be thou my Good: by thee at least
    Divided empire with Heaven’s King I hold,
    By thee, and more than half perhaps will reign;
    As Man ere long, and this new World, shall know.””
    —John Milton (1608–1674)

    “If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt.”
    —Bible: New Testament, Luke 6:29.