#crown

The man forget not, though in rags he lies, and know the mortal through a crown's disguise. ↗

— Mark Akenside

#disguise #forget #know #lies #man

I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long. ↗

— Marie Antoinette

#away #blood #children #crown #deprived

Remember the sufferings of Christ, the storms that were weathered... the crown that came from those sufferings which gave new radiance to the faith... All saints give testimony to the truth that without real effort, no one ever wins the crown. ↗

— Thomas Becket

#christ #crown #effort #ever #faith

Makers of empire, they have fought for bigger things than crowns and higher seats than thrones. ↗

— Herbert Kaufman

#crowns #empire #fought #higher #makers

Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown. ↗

— Althea Gibson

#champion #crown #eat #good #well

One doesn't lose a self, like a pair of gloves or a pine. We learn and change, or we harden into stone. ↗

— Sherwood Smith

#change

I am a subject of the British Crown, but whenever I have to choose between the interests of England and Canada it is manifest to me that the interests of my country are identical with those of the United States of America. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#america #between #british #canada #choose

The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such. ↗

— Og Mandino

#art #benefactor #better #crown #does

The glories of our blood and state, Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings. Scepter and crown must tumble down, And, in the dust, be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. ↗

— James Shirley

#armour #blood #crooked #crown #death

I assure you that the training that you get in a midget, in a sprint car and perhaps in a Silver Crown car is really the kind of experience that makes you into a damn good race driver. ↗

— Rodger Ward

#car #crown #damn #driver #experience