Sancho III of Navarre/acquisition of Le%C3%B3n

Famous quotes containing the words sancho, iii and/or acquisition:

    Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self.
    —W.H. (Wystan Hugh)

    Napoleon wanted to turn Paris into Rome under the Caesars, only with louder music and more marble. And it was done. His architects gave him the Arc de Triomphe and the Madeleine. His nephew Napoleon III wanted to turn Paris into Rome with Versailles piled on top, and it was done. His architects gave him the Paris Opera, an addition to the Louvre, and miles of new boulevards.
    Tom Wolfe (b. 1931)

    Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of wealth; and the reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service.
    Socrates (469–399 B.C.)