Famous quotes containing the words louise, crown, princess and/or prussia:
“Petty laws breed great crimes.”
—Ouida [Marie Louise De La Ramée] (1839–1908)
“From the crown of his head to the sole of his foot, he is all mirth.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!”
—Bible: Hebrew Lamentations 1:1.
Said of Jerusalem.
““Austria the shield and Prussia the sword!” Too bad that they are attached to the wrong arm: The right one holds the defiantly glistening shield, and the left one is supposed to wield the sword.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)