Famous quotes containing the words frederick william, frederick, william and/or iii:
“Science is the knowledge of many, orderly and methodically
digested and arranged, so as to become attainable by one. The
knowledge of reasons and their conclusions constitutes abstract, that of causes and their effects, and of the laws of nature, natural science.”
—John Frederick William Herschel (1792–1871)
“For should your hands drop white and empty
All the toys of the world would break.”
—John Frederick Nims (b. 1913)
“While Darwinian Man, though well-behaved,
At best is only a monkey shaved!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“The army is the true nobility of our country.”
—Napoleon Bonaparte III (1808–1873)