In all ages, hypocrites, called priests, have put crowns upon the heads of thieves, called kings. — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Some of the most beautiful things worth having in your life come wrapped in a crown of thorns.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
An emperor in his nightcap will not meet with half the respect of an emperor with a crown. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Woman is the crown of all creation, but Man is the head who wears it, and even the servant is master in… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Our motto must continue to be perseverance. And ultimately I trust the Almighty will crown our efforts with success. — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
“Yes, I can understand that a man might go to gambling table - when he sees that all that lies between himself… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
We are slumberous poppies, Lords of Lethe downs, Some awake and some asleep, Sleeping in our crowns. What perchance our dreams may… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
Being general manager is like being the de facto owner. It's like wearing the crown of 'Restaurant Man' without being 'Restaurant Man.'… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
Any man worth his salt has by the time he is forty-five accumulated a crown of thorns, and the problem is to… — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
The foundation stones of a great building are destined to groan and be pressed upon; it is not for them to crown… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
Possession, it is true, crowns exertion with rest; but it is only in the illusions of fancy that it has power to… — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
All my laurels you have riven away, and my roses; yet in spite of you, there is one crown I bear away… — Edmond Rostand Copy Share Image
I've lived to bury my desires and see my dreams corrode with rust now all that's left are fruitless fires that burn… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
O Beginningless, Immortal, Timeless, Incomprehensible and Unimaginable Lord, the God of all and Creator of all creation, the Foreseer and Savior of… — Marina of Aguas Santas Copy Share Image
Oh, remember that as certain as the historical fact, He died on Calvary; so certain is the prophetic fact, He shall reign,… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
We may sing, 'Crown Him Lord of all,' and rejoice in the tones of the loud-sounding organ and the deep melody of… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Bodily and spiritual affliction are the surest sign of Divine predilection. Gratitude for suffering is a precious jewel for our heavenly crown...… — Gertrude the Great Copy Share Image
“Sometimes duplicity and treason are markers of the enemy, and sometimes, the failed intention of a masterful ally. But, nevertheless, as they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
in that small [time] most greatly lived this star of England: Fortune made his sword, By which the world's best garden he… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusty, but as wide as eye Could reach, with here and… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
A criminal remains a criminal whether he uses a convict's suit or a monarch's crown. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
As Trevor Noah recently quipped, the US appears ready to crown its first African dictator: Donald Trump. — Andre Naffis-Sahely Copy Share Image
I hold an old-fashioned notion that a happy marriage is the crown of a woman’s life. — Beatrix Potter Copy Share Image
The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation; it is understanding. — Winifred Holtby Copy Share Image
Youth wrenches the sceptre from old age, and sets the crown on its own head before it is entitled to it. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Yr crown has been bought and paid for. All you have to do is put it on yr head — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Brisk Confidence still best with woman copes: Pique her and soothe in turn-soon Passion crowns thy hopes. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Minds that are great and free, should not on fortune pause: 'Tis crown enough to virtue still, her own applause. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Whoever declares a child to be "delicate" thereby crowns and anoints a tyrant. — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
The path of those who preach love, and not hatred, is not easy. They often have to wear a crown of thorns. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
A prince, the moment he is crown'd, Inherits every virtue sound, As emblems of the sovereign power, Like other baubles in the… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Why is the hearse with scutcheons blazon'd round, And with the nodding plume of ostrich crown'd? No; the dead know it not,… — John Gay Copy Share Image
Thou fair-hair'd angel of the evening, Now, whilst the sun rests on the mountains, light Thy bright torch of love; thy radiant… — William Blake Copy Share Image
the title of Queen rang sweet to my ears, child though I was. ... This idea of a crown began running in… — Catherine the Great Copy Share Image
Top-shelf fiction, a Crown Royal ride into the heart of Night and New York. Con Lehane's work is reminiscent of the best… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
Glory and fame mean twelve thousand francs' worth of paid articles in the newspapers and five thousand crowns' worth of dinners. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
![“in that small [time] most greatly lived this star of England: Fortune made his sword, By which the world's best garden he achiev'd And left it to his son imperial lord. Henry the Sixth, in infant bands crown'd King of France and England did this King succeed; Whose state so many of had the…” quote by William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ec7/william-shakespeare-4_band_in-that-small-time-most-greatly-lived-th_1297720.jpg)
