Famous quotes containing the words nicholas and/or iii:
“Whatever qualities [Tsar Nicholas I] may have shown in his own kingly profession, it must be admitted that in his dealings with the Russian Muse he was at the worst a vicious bully, at the best a clown.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
“The army is the true nobility of our country.”
—Napoleon Bonaparte III (1808–1873)