Kings

Famous quotes containing the word kings:

    “I am the very pattern of a modern Major-Gineral,
    I’ve information vegetable, animal, and mineral;
    I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical,
    From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical;”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, much less this house that I have built!”
    —Bible: Hebrew, 1 Kings 8:27.

    Solomon at the dedication of the temple.

    “Grammar, which rules even kings ...”
    —Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)