Lithuanian Nobility/after Partitions of The Polish%e2%80%93lithuanian Commonwealth

Famous quotes containing the words nobility, partitions and/or commonwealth:

“And nobility will not be able to help you with your love; Love does not know how to cede to ancestral images.”
—Propertius Sextus (c. 50–16 B.C.)

“Walls have cracks and partitions ears.”
—Chinese proverb.

“We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)