De Louis XIV

Famous quotes containing the words louis and/or xiv:

    “my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head,
    Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.”
    —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)