King Henry II

Famous quotes containing the words king and/or henry:

    I see that Time’s the king of men;
    He’s both their parent, and he is their grave,
    And gives them what he will, not what they crave.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    Where there are large powers with little ambition ... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes.
    —Sir Henry Taylor (1800–1886)