Famous quotes containing the words baron, thomson and/or fleet:
“There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.”
—John Emerich Edward Dalberg, 1st Baron Acton (18341902)
“But who can paint
Like Nature? Can imagination boast
Amid its gay creation, hues like hers?”
—James Thomson (17001748)
“They ... fleet the time carelessly, as they did in the golden world.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
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