Sovereign

Famous quotes containing the word sovereign:

    “My maiden Isabel,
    Reflaring rosabel.
    The fragrant camomel;
    The ruddy rosary,
    The sovereign rosemary,
    The pretty strawberry;
    The columbine, the nept,
    The jelofer well set,
    The proper violet:”
    —John Skelton (1460?–1529)

    “Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.”
    —Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)

    “To every people the land is given on condition. Perceived or not, there is a Covenant, beyond the constitution, beyond sovereign guarantee, beyond the nation’s sweetest dreams of itself.”
    —Leonard Cohen (b. 1934)