Famous quotes containing the words closely, observed and/or trains:
“Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.”
—Luc, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–1747)
“A wise architect observed that you could break the laws of architectural art provided you had mastered them first. That would apply to religion as well as to art. Ignorance of the past does not guarantee freedom from its imperfections.”
—Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971)
“Ever notice how these European trains always smell of eau de cologne and hard boiled eggs?”
—Billy Wilder (b. 1906)