Lithuanian Nobility/after Partitions of The Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth

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

    “The army is the true nobility of our country.”
    —Napoleon Bonaparte III (1808–1873)

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

    “I’the commonwealth I would by contraries
    Execute all things; for no kind of traffic
    Would I admit; no name of magistrate;
    Letters should not be known; riches, poverty,
    And use of service, none; contract, succession,
    Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none;
    No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil;
    No occupation; all men idle, all,
    And women too, but innocent and pure.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)