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.

    War is a fevered god
    who takes alike
    maiden and king and clod....
    Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    Continued traveling is far from productive. It begins with wearing away the soles of the shoes, and making the feet sore, and ere long it will wear a man clean up, after making his heart sore into the bargain. I have observed that the afterlife of those who have traveled much is very pathetic.
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)