Sovereign

Famous quotes containing the word sovereign:

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

“I, of ladies most deject and wretched,
That sucked the honey of his music vows,
Now see that noble and most sovereign reason
Like sweet bells jangled out of tune and harsh.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him and the condition of free men is deliberate servility.”
—Georges Bataille (1897–1962)