Ben Day Dots

Famous quotes containing the words ben, day and/or dots:

“For of fortunes sharp adversitee
The worst kynde of infortune is this,
A man to han ben in prosperitee,
And it remembren, whan it passed is.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340–1400)

“Before a day was over,
Home comes the rover,
For mother’s kiss—sweeter this
Than any other thing!”
—William Allingham (1824–1889)

“It was said of old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, that she never puts dots over her i’s, to save ink.”
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)