Gordian III

Famous quotes containing the words gordian and/or iii:

    Turn him to any cause of policy,
    The Gordian knot of it he will unloose,
    Familiar as his garter.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    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)