Cigar/etymology

Famous quotes containing the words cigar and/or etymology:

“Oh well,
it doesn’t belong to me,
if a cigar can be a cigar
then a dream can be a dream.
Right?”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

“The universal principle of etymology in all languages: words are carried over from bodies and from the properties of bodies to express the things of the mind and spirit. The order of ideas must follow the order of things.”
—Giambattista Vico (1688–1744)