Famous quotes containing the words king and/or country:
“Those banners come to bribe or threaten
Or whisper that a mans a fool
Who when his own right kings forgotten
Cares what king sets up his rule.
If he died long ago
Why do you dread us so?”
—William Butler Yeats (18651939)
“Perhaps you can tell me why in this country nobody ever does anything. Nobody ever writes any music or starts any revolutions or falls in love. All anybody ever does is to get drunk and tell smutty stories.”
—John Dos Passos (18961970)
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