Thrones Quotes - Page 9
1590 The Faerie Queen, bk.3, canto 2, stanza 23. buxom = 'yielding'.
To listen acutely is to be powerless, even if you sit on a throne.
Cynthia Ozick (1987). “The Messiah of Stockholm: a novel”, Alfred A. Knopf
Charles Grandison Finney (1965). “So great salvation: evangelistic messages”
The greatest monarch on the proudest throne is obliged to sit upon his own arse.
Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, Nayika Publishing
Alexander Pope, William Roscoe (1847). “The works of Alexander Pope, esq., with notes and illustrations, by himself and others. To which are added, a new life of the author, an Estimate of his poetical character and writings, and occasional remarks by William Roscoe, esq”, p.340