Famous quotes containing the words receive and/or power:
“This ae nighte, this ae nighte,
MEvery nighte and alle,
Fire and fleet and candle-lighte,
And Christe receive thy saule.”
—Unknown. Lyke-Wake Dirge, The (l. 33–36)
“He has served me too well; by increasing my power he has stolen it away: he is now my subject only so long as he pleases.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)