Prince Wilhelm of Prussia 1783-1851

Famous quotes containing the words prince, wilhelm and/or prussia:

    On a starred night Prince Lucifer uprose,
    Tired of his dark dominion, swung the fiend
    Above the rolling ball in cloud part screened,
    George Meredith (1828–1909)

    The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of the Many.
    —Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)

    “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)