Famous quotes containing the words address and/or foreign:
“The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady is, “I am now, dear Madam, your humble servant: Pray be so good as to let me be your Lord and Master.””
—Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)
“Humour is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.”
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)