Throne/antiquity

Famous quotes containing the words throne and/or antiquity:

    The Throne raises the majesty of kings above scorn and above laws.
    Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)

    The convent, which belongs to the West as it does to the East, to antiquity as it does to the present time, to Buddhism and Muhammadanism as it does to Christianity, is one of the optical devices whereby man gains a glimpse of infinity.
    Victor Hugo (1802–1885)