Persians Defeat

Famous quotes containing the words persians and/or defeat:

    “The Persians are called the French of the East; we will call the Arabs Oriental Italians. A gifted noble people; a people of wild strong feelings, and of iron restraint over these: the characteristic of noblemindedness, of genius.”
    —Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)

    “Unkindness may do much,
    And his unkindness may defeat my life,
    But never taint my love.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)