Coeur de Lion

Coeur de Lion, or the Lion-hearted is a title used to describe several medieval monarchs:

  • Richard I of England
  • Louis VIII of France
  • Boleslaus I of Poland

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Famous quotes containing the words coeur and/or lion:

    “Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connait point. The heart has its reasons which reason does not know of.”
    —Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

    “It is curious how there seems to be an instinctive disgust in Man for his nearest ancestors and relations. If only Darwin could conscientiously have traced man back to the Elephant or the Lion or the Antelope, how much ridicule and prejudice would have been spared to the doctrine of Evolution.”
    —Havelock Ellis (1859–1939)