Famous quotes containing the words roman and/or statesman:
“The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.”
—François Rabelais (1494–1553)
“A man so various, that he seemed to be
Not one, but all mankind’s epitome.
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong;
Was everything by starts, and nothing long:
But in the course of one revolving moon
Was chemist, fiddler, statesman and buffoon.”
—John Dryden (1631–1700)