Lithuanian Nobility/after Partitions of The Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth

Famous quotes containing the words nobility, partitions and/or commonwealth:

“These hands do lack nobility that they strike
A meaner than myself.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Great wits are sure to madness near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.”
—John Dryden (1631–1700)

“This little world, this little state, this little commonwealth of our own....”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)