Famous quotes containing the words king henry, king, henry and/or iii:
“Gloucester. I hope they will not come upon us now.
King Henry. We are in God’s hands, brother, not in theirs.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“For and if thou canst answer my questions three,
Thy life and thy living both saved shall be.”
—Unknown. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury (l. 75–76)
“Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)
“Napoleon wanted to turn Paris into Rome under the Caesars, only with louder music and more marble. And it was done. His architects gave him the Arc de Triomphe and the Madeleine. His nephew Napoleon III wanted to turn Paris into Rome with Versailles piled on top, and it was done. His architects gave him the Paris Opera, an addition to the Louvre, and miles of new boulevards.”
—Tom Wolfe (b. 1931)