Sire Quotes
28 quotes by 28 authors
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Toil, says the proverb, is the sire of fame.
— Euripides
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I have two children. I have a daughter 29, and a daughter four. They are 25 years apart, so you speak about generations and I…
— Burt Ward
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We, the workers and inhabitants of St Petersburg, of various estates, our wives, our children, and our aged, helpless parents, come to THEE, O SIRE…
— Orlando Figes
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I have come, Sire, to complain of one of your subjects who has been so audacious as to kick me in the belly.
— Marie Antoinette
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Sire, there is no royal road to geometry.
— Euclid
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Countries are either mothers or fathers, and engender the emotional bristle secretly reserved for either sire.
— Edna O'Brien
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Napoleon: You have written this huge book on the system of the world without once mentioning the author of the universe. Laplace: Sire, I had…
— Pierre-Simon Laplace
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The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do…
— Horace
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The sun, centre and sire of light, The keystone of the world-built arch of heaven.
— Philip James Bailey
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Sire, I am my own Rudolph of Hapsburg.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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Soul of the universe, Sire, God, Creator, Lord, I believe in Thee, 'neath all these names: And without having need to hear thy word, In…
— Alphonse de Lamartine
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Thou breeze, That mak'st an organ of the mighty sea, Obedient to thy wilful phantasies, Provoke him not to scorn; but soft and low, As…
— Hartley Coleridge
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Sire, you are looking at a plain man, and I am looking at a great man. Each of us may benefit.
— Victor Hugo
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But first, on earth as vampire sent, Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent, Then ghastly haunt thy native place, And suck the blood…
— Lord Byron
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Do you know, sire, I think that if we live to tell our grandchildren about this war, they will accuse us of making it up.'…
— Tamora Pierce
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Then I saw it, and it just grabbed me. That moment, that breath just before destiny, between innocence and power. He'll pull the sword free.…
— Nora Roberts
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What is your name?" asked Lear. Caius," said Kent. And whence do you hail?" From Bonking, sire." Well, yes, lad, as do we all," said…
— Christopher Moore
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- I notice you didn't laugh, Mr. Black! - No, Your Majesty. We are forbidden to laugh at the things kings say, sire, because otherwise…
— Terry Pratchett
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Sire," Oliver said as he helped Petunia to her feet, "I'd like to marry Petunia. "Of course you would," retorted the King Gregor. "But not…
— Jessica Day George
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I would endeavour to deserve my life, Sire.
— Thomas Blood
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