Famous quotes containing the words east, louis and/or sons:
“Though all the East did quake to hear
Of Alexanders dreadful name,
And all the West likewise did fear
To hear of Julius Caesars fame,”
—Robert Southwell (1561?1595)
“Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.”
—Robert Louis Stevenson (18501894)
“I went to my fathers at night. He spoke of poor John [Boswells brother] with disgust. I was shocked and said, Hes your son, and God made him. He answered very harshly, If my sons are idiots, can I help it?”
—James Boswell (17401795)