Famous quotes containing the words closely, held and/or company:
“Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.”
—Luc, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–1747)
“Lacustrine man had never been assailed
By such long-rolling opulent cataracts,
Unless Racine or Bossuet held the like.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)