King James Bible

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

    ...it is better to marry than to be aflame with passion.
    Bible: New Testament, 1 Corinthians 7:9.

    King James translation reads, “It is better to marry than to burn.”

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

    Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits. It works in the minutest crannies and it opens out the widest vistas. It ‘bakes no bread’, as has been said, but it can inspire our souls with courage.
    —William James (1842–1910)