Famous quotes containing the words divine, mother and/or empress:
“Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.”
—Herbert Spencer (1820–1903)
“It is one of the most discouraging experiences I have ever had, not forgetting the time when I winked at the Queen Mother in London once.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)
“The Empress is Legitimist, my cousin is Republican, Morny is Orleanist, I am a socialist; the only Bonapartist is Persigny, and he is mad.”
—Napoleon Bonaparte III (1808–1873)