Lithuanian Nobility/after Partitions of The Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth

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

    And nobility will not be able to help you with your love; Love does not know how to cede to ancestral images.
    Propertius Sextus (c. 50–16 B.C.)

    Walls have cracks and partitions ears.
    Chinese proverb.

    While the Governor, and the Mayor, and countless officers of the Commonwealth are at large, the champions of liberty are imprisoned.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)