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"The image of Eternity--the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone."
"I was really attracted to doing Game of Thrones because I thought the character of Meera was absolutely amazing."
"If it's a despot you would dethrone, see first that his throne erected within you is destroyed."
"Come to me all who are weary and heavy burden.." Go to the throne, not the phone. The people on the other end aren't qualified to fix your problems, they don't know what they're doing either!!! ~ -Joyce Meyers"
"We can approach God's throne with boldness because we are confident in the power of what Jesus accomplished for us at the cross."
"The soul hath snatched up mine all faint and weak,And placed it by thee on a golden throne,-- And that I love (O soul, we must be meek!)Is by thee only, whom I love alone."
"I'm king of the dead and I make my throne On a monument slab of marble cold; And my scepter of rule is the spade I hold: Come they from cottage or come they from hall, Mankind are my subjects, all, all, all! Let them loiter in pleasure or toilfully spin I gather them in, I gather them in!"
"The greatest monarch on the proudest throne is obliged to sit upon his own arse."
"I brought you the truth about our city and the reason we are in it. If you aren't thanking me for it, you should at least do something about it instead of sitting here on this mess you made, pretending it's a throne!"
"We sell the thrones of angels for a short and turbulent pleasure."
"Of him that hopes to be forgiven it is indispensably required that he forgive. It is, therefore, superfluous to urge any other motive. On this great duty eternity is suspended, and to him that refuses to practise it, the throne of mercy is inaccessible, and the Saviour of the world has been born in vain."
"A man is a man, on a throne or in a pigsty."
"He sat upon his throne, which is made of skulls."
"He has never wanted to occupy the throne himself; he prefers the back seat - more room to spread out, you see."
"An empty throne always tempts me."
"For sov'reign pow'r reign not alone, Grace is the partner of the throne; Thy grace and justice mighty Lord, Shall well divide our last reward."
"I know who's going to be on the throne [in the Gameof Thrones], at the end, so I better not say. But, there will be a few people sitting on it, before the end."
"On a throne at the center of a sense of humor sits a capacity for irony. All wit rests on a cheerful awareness of life's incongruities. It is a gentling awareness, and no politician without it should be allowed near power."
"I am the fool in this story, and no rebel shall hurl me from my throne."