Famous quotes containing the words pope, nicholas and/or iii:
“Is this a dinner? this a genial room?
No, ‘tis a temple, and a hecatomb.
A solemn sacrifice, performed in state,
You drink by measure, and to minutes eat.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;”
—Clement Clarke Moore (1779–1863)
“The army is the true nobility of our country.”
—Napoleon Bonaparte III (1808–1873)