Famous quotes containing the words circle, limit and/or iii:
“Wise child, didst hastily return
And mad’st thy mother’s womb thine urn.
How summed a circle didst thou leave mankind
Of deepest lore, could we the center find!”
—Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
“No one who cannot limit himself has ever been able to write.”
—Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636–1711)
“The army is the true nobility of our country.”
—Napoleon Bonaparte III (1808–1873)