Louis XIV

Famous quotes containing the words louis and/or xiv:

    Pieces of eight! pieces of eight! pieces of eight!
    —Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)

    The forest of Compiegne. Look at it. Like a kind grandmother dozing in her rocking chair. Old trees practicing curtsies in the wind because they still think Louis XIV is king.
    Billy Wilder (b. 1906)