Famous quotes containing the words pope, victor and/or iii:
“At ev’ry word a reputation dies.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory. We love to see animals fighting, not the victor raving over the vanquished.... It is the same in gambling, and the same in the search for truth.... We never seek things for themselves—what we seek is the very seeking of things.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)
“The army is the true nobility of our country.”
—Napoleon Bonaparte III (1808–1873)