Corps Observation

Famous quotes containing the words corps and/or observation:

“Ce corps qui s’appelait et qui s’appelle encore le saint empire romain n’était en aucune manière ni saint, ni romain, ni empire. This agglomeration which called itself and still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was in no way holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.”
—Voltaire [François Marie Arouet] (1694–1778)

“Let observation with extensive view;
Survey mankind, from China to Peru;”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)