Kings

Famous quotes containing the word kings:

    ...that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it.
    Bible: Hebrew, 2 Kings 18:21.

    It is an imprudence common to kings to listen to too much advice and to err in their choice.
    Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)

    ...some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, “Go away, baldhead! Go away, baldhead!”
    Bible: Hebrew, 2 Kings 2:23.

    Elisha--proving that baldness has been a source of sensitivity for centuries, Elisha cursed them and they died.