Kings

Famous quotes containing the word kings:

“What infinite heart’s ease
Must kings neglect, that private men enjoy!
And what have kings, that privates have not too,
Save ceremony, save general ceremony?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Such is the caprice of Romans ... who reject kings in name but not in practice, and accept an Emperor mightier than a hundred kings.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)

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