Famous quotes containing the words pope, nicholas and/or iii:
“by mans oppression cursed,
They seek the second not to lose the first.
Men, some to busness, some to pleasure take;
But evry woman is at heart a rake:”
—Alexander Pope (16881744)
“on a Saterday
This carpenter was goon til Oseney,
And hende Nicholas and Alisoun
Accorded been to this conclusioun,
That Nicholas shal shapen hem a wile
This sely jalous housbonde to bigile,”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?1400)
“Knavery seems to be so much a the striking feature of its inhabitants that it may not in the end be an evil that they will become aliens to this kingdom.”
—George III (17381820)