Famous quotes containing the words army, general and/or order:
“The army is the true nobility of our country.”
—Napoleon Bonaparte III (1808–1873)
“In the drawing room [of the Queen’s palace] hung a Venus and Cupid by Michaelangelo, in which, instead of a bit of drapery, the painter has placed Cupid’s foot between Venus’s thighs. Queen Caroline asked General Guise, an old connoisseur, if it was not a very fine piece? He replied “Madam, the painter was a fool, for he has placed the foot where the hand should be.””
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)
“Explanations comfort us by giving the impression that there is an order in things.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
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