Sovereign Military Order

Famous quotes containing the words sovereign, military and/or order:

    “I, of ladies most deject and wretched,
    That sucked the honey of his music vows,
    Now see that noble and most sovereign reason
    Like sweet bells jangled out of tune and harsh.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “The domestic career is no more natural to all women than the military career is natural to all men.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    “It is necessary, in order to know things well, to know the particulars of them; and these, being infinite, make our knowledge ever superficial and imperfect.”
    —François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)