Famous quotes containing the words commander, fleet and/or air:
“A commander in the field must sometimes go against the king’s orders.”
—Chinese proverb.
“They ... fleet the time carelessly, as they did in the golden world.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“[Allegory] should ... be very sparingly practised, lest, whilst the writer plays with his own fancies and diverts himself by cutting the air with his wide spread wings, he should soar out of view of his readers, leaving them in confusion and perplexity to explore his viewless track.”
—Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)
Related Phrases
Related Words