Prince Henry of Prussia 1726-1802

Famous quotes containing the words prince, henry and/or prussia:

    No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;
    Am an attendant lord, one that will do
    To swell a progress, start a scene or two,
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.
    Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

    “Austria the shield and Prussia the sword!” Too bad that they are attached to the wrong arm: The right one holds the defiantly glistening shield, and the left one is supposed to wield the sword.
    Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)