Prince of Joinville

Famous quotes containing the words prince of and/or prince:

    “When the Prince of Piedmont [later Charles Emmanuel IV, King of Sardinia] was seven years old, his preceptor instructing him in mythology told him all the vices were enclosed in Pandora’s box. “What! all!” said the Prince. “Yes, all.” “No,” said the Prince; “curiosity must have been without.””
    —Horace Walpole (1717–1797)

    “A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.”
    —Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527)