Thrones Quotes - Page 6
It is being common-born that is dangerous, when the great lords play their game of thrones.
George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.2914, Bantam
George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.2138, Bantam
George R. R. Martin (2005). “A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four”, p.335, Bantam
Eric Temple Bell (1945). “Men of Mathematics”
'The Complaint: Night Thoughts' (1742-5) 'Night 1' l. 18
Christina Rossetti (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)”, p.192, Delphi Classics
Charles R. Swindoll (1998). “Hand Me Another Brick”, p.21, Thomas Nelson Inc
Adrian Rogers (2002). “The Incredible Power of Kingdom Authority: Getting an Upper Hand on the Underworld”, p.2, B&H Publishing Group
Shannon Hale (2010). “The Goose Girl”, p.353, A&C Black
Samuel Rutherford (1863). “Letters of Samuel Rutherford: With a Sketch of His Life”, p.232
Robert Jordan (2010). “The Fires of Heaven: Book Five of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.210, Macmillan
If it's a despot you would dethrone, see first that his throne erected within you is destroyed.
Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”
All monarchs I hate, and the thrones they sit on, From the hector of France to the cully of Britain.
John Wilmot, John Adlard (2002). “The Debt to Pleasure: John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, in the Eyes of His Contemporaries and in His Own Poetry and Prose”, p.74, Taylor & Francis
Isaac Watts (1776). “The Psalms of David, Imitated in the Language of the New Testament: And Applied to the Christian State and Worship. by I. Watts”, p.128
Diogenes found more rest in his tub than Alexander on his throne.
Francis Quarles (1856). “Enchiridon: containing institutions divine, moral”, p.106
I just knew that God wasn't there. He was a man on a throne in Heaven, so he was easy to forget.
"God Dies". Essay by Frances Farmer, 1931.