Fifteenth Century Quotes

“I don't think people have made staples by hand since the fifteenth century.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Austere Academy

“John of Bavaria, realizing the game was up and his throwing in the priesthood and marrying had just wasted everyone’s time, made Philip the Good his heir. He was shortly thereafter assassinated in The Hague with a poisoned prayer book (yes, really – nothing can beat the fifteenth century).”
― Simon Winder, Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country