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 (16881744)
“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 (18991977)
“The army is the true nobility of our country.”
—Napoleon Bonaparte III (18081873)