Close Vowels

Famous quotes containing the words close and/or vowels:

    “What men call social virtues, good fellowship, is commonly but the virtue of pigs in a litter, which lie close together to keep each other warm.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “These equal syllables alone require,
    Though oft the ear the open vowels tire;”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)