Famous quotes containing the words divine, mother and/or empress:
“Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
“Mother and maiden
Was never none but she;
Well may such a lady
Goddes mother be.”
—Unknown. I Sing of a Maiden (l. 17–20)
“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)