De Louis XIV

Famous quotes containing the words louis and/or xiv:

    “A faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.”
    —Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)

    “The forest of Compiegne. Look at it. Like a kind grandmother dozing in her rocking chair. Old trees practicing curtsies in the wind because they still think Louis XIV is king.”
    —Billy Wilder (b. 1906)