"The herald, earth-accredited, of heaven,--which when men hear, they think upon heaven's king, and run the items over of the account to which he is sure to call them."

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Source : James Sheridan Knowles (1856). “Dramatic Works: Caius Gracchus. Virginius. William Tell. Alfred the Great; or, The patriot king. The hunchback. The wife; a tale of Mantua. The beggar of Bethnal Green. The daughter”, p.305

James Sheridan Knowles

#Running Quotes #Kings Quotes #Men Quotes

“I've seen a lot of pairs of guys that have been hanging out together way too long-until they're laughing all the time.”
“They say atomic rad-i-ation can hurt your reproductive organs. My answer is, so can a hockey stick. But we don't stop building them.”
“The attainment of truth is then the function of both the intellectual parts of the soul. Therefore their respective virtues are those dispositions which will best qualify them to attain truth.”
“Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.”
“Because of a great love, one is courageous.”
“...You have to pass an exam, and the jobs that you get are either to shine shoes, or to herd cows, or to tend pigs. Thank God, I don't want any of that! Damn it! And besides that they smack you for a reward; they call you an animal and it's not true, a little kid, etc.. Oh! Damn Damn Damn Damn Damn!”
“Women put guys through tests all the time.”
“To every separate person a thing is what he thinks it is â€“ in other words, not a thing, but a think.”

Source : Penelope Fitzgerald (1998). “The Gate of Angels”, p.49, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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