King David

Famous quotes containing the words king david, king and/or david:

    “King David was old and advanced in years; and although they covered him with clothes, he could not get warm.”
    —Bible: Hebrew, 1 Kings 1:1.

    ““Let the jury consider their verdict,” the King said, for about the twentieth time that day.
    “No, no!” said the Queen. “Sentence first—verdict afterwards.”
    “Stuff and nonsense!” said Alice loudly. “The idea of having the sentence first!””
    —Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)

    “If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)