Famous quotes containing the words pope, benedict and/or iii:
“See! and confess, one comfort still must rise,
‘Tis this,—Though man’s a fool, yet God is wise.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“... it is a commonplace that men like war. For peace, in our society, with the feeling we have then that it is feeble-minded to strive except for one’s own private profit, is a lonely thing and a hazardous business. Over and over men have proved that they prefer the hazards of war with all its suffering. It has its compensations.”
—Ruth Benedict (1887–1948)
“The army is the true nobility of our country.”
—Napoleon Bonaparte III (1808–1873)