#kings

Know when to speak - for many times it brings danger, to give the best advice to kings. ↗

— Robert Herrick

#best #brings #danger #give #kings

I have dined with kings, I've been offered wings. And I've never been too impressed. ↗

— Bob Dylan

#dined #i #impressed #kings #never

Mbeki began to write a study of the workings of apartheid policy in the reserves - the areas set aside in law for African occupation - as early as 1959 and 1960. ↗

— Ruth First

#apartheid #areas #aside #began #early

Two years ago, of course, I was just a rookie and listened to everybody. In a way I am still a rookie. I'm only 23 and I'll be surrounded by great players who have played in a lot more Ryder Cups than myself. But the rankings say I am the best player at the moment and so that brings a responsibility. ↗

— Rory McIlroy

#am #best #brings #course #cups

People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude. ↗

— Ovid

#confidence #magnitude #people #slow #undertakings

The more games I will play, the faster I will be back on a top spot in the world rankings. ↗

— Jan Timman

#faster #games #i #more #play

The Romans had been able to post their laws on boards in public places, confidant that enough literate people existed to read them; far into the Middle Ages, even kings remained illiterate. ↗

— J. M. Roberts

#ages #been #boards #confidant #enough

This is the home of hurdling, and the Americans are the kings of the event. ↗

— Dayron Robles

#home #kings

My girlfriend has crabs, I bought her fishnet stockings. ↗

— Jay London

#crabs #fishnet #girlfriend #her #i

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#great #requisite #self-confidence #undertakings