King David

Famous quotes containing the words king and/or david:

“There is something behind the throne greater than the King himself.”
—William, Earl Of Pitt (1708–1778)

“Translate a book a dozen times from one language to another, and what becomes of its style? Most books would be worn out and disappear in this ordeal. The pen which wrote it is soon destroyed, but the poem survives.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)