“For we by conquest, of our soveraine might,And by eternall doome of Fate's decree,Have wonne the Empire of the Heavens bright.” MightHeavenFateEmpiresConquestDecree Book:THE FAERIE QUEENE. Source: THE FAERIE QUEENE.
“It's a great historical joke that when the Spanish met the Aztecs, it was a blind date made in serve-you-right heaven. At the time, they were the two most unpleasant cultures in the entire world, and richly deserved each other. Still, the story of how stout Cortes blustered, bullied and bludgeoned his way to collapsing an entire empire with a handful of contagious hoodlums is astonishing.” WorldWayMadeStillsTwoStoriesCultureHeavenHistoryHumourMetsJokesBlindHistoricalEmpiresHandfulAstonishingContagiousBulliedStoutBlind DateGreat Historical Author:A. A. Gill
“Monogamy, or restrictions by law to one wife, is no part of the economy of heaven among men. Such a system was commenced by the founders of the Roman Empire... Rome became the mistress of the world, and introduced this order of monogamy wherever her sway was acknowledged. Thus this monogamic order of marriage, so esteemed by modern Christians as a hold sacrament and divine institution, is nothing but a system established by a set of robbers.” MenWorldChristianLawOrderHeavenEconomyWifeModernDivineInstitutionsEmpiresRomeFoundersSacramentsMistressRestrictionRoman EmpirePolygamyRobbersMonogamy Author:Brigham Young
“It is impossible for the mind which is not totally destitute of piety, to behold the sublime, the awful, the amazing works of creation and providence - the heavens with their luminaries, the mountains, the ocean, the storm, the earthquake, the volcano, the circuit of the seasons, and the revolutions of empires - without marking in them all the mighty hand of God, and feeling strong emotions of reverence toward the Author of these stupendous works.” MindFeelingsHandsStrongHeavenEmotionImpossibleCreationRevolutionMountainOceanSeasonsStormAwfulEmpiresReverenceProvidenceSublimePietyEarthquakesCircuitsHands Of GodVolcanoesDestituteStrong EmotionsAmazing Work Author:Timothy Dwight V
“The empire of Saturnus is gone by; Lord of the secret birth of things is he; Within the lap of earth, and in the depths Of the imagination dominates; And his are all things that eschew the light. The time is o'er of brooding and contrivance, For Jupiter, the lustrous, lordeth now, And the dark work, complete of preparation, He draws by force into the realm of light. Now must we hasten on to action, ere The scheme, and most auspicious positure Parts o'er my head, and takes once more its flight, For the heavens journey still, and adjourn not.” StillsLightActionEarthForceHeavenImaginationDarkSecretLordGoneJourneyBirthDrawsAll ThingsDepthFlightPreparationRealmsEmpiresSchemesLapBroodingJupiter Author:Friedrich Schiller
“Truth is a queen who has her eternal throne in heaven, and her seat of empire in the heart of God.” HeartTruthHeavenTruth IsEternalQueensSeatsEmpiresThrones Author:Jacques-Benigne Bossuet
“If two angels were sent down from heaven,--one to conduct an empire, and the other to sweep a street,--they would feel no inclination to change employments.” IfsFeelsTwoHeavenStreetsAcceptanceAngelEmploymentEmpiresInclination Author:John Newton