Famous quotes containing the words eighth, virtuous and/or prince:
“We do not weary of eating and sleeping every day, for hunger and sleepiness recur. Without that we should weary of them. So, without the hunger for spiritual things, we weary of them. Hunger after righteousnessthe eighth beatitude.”
—Blaise Pascal (16231662)
“There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (16131680)
“When the Prince of Wales [later King George IV] and the Duke of York went to visit their brother Prince William [later William IV] at Plymouth, and all three being very loose in their manners, and coarse in their language, Prince William said to his ships crew, now I hope you see that I am not the greatest blackguard of my family.”
—Horace Walpole (17171797)
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