Famous quotes containing the words common, attribute and/or names:
“For Banquo’s issue have I filed my mind;
For them the gracious Duncan have I murdered;
Put rancors in the vessel of my peace
Only for them; and mine eternal jewel
Given to the common enemy of man,
To make them kings, the seeds of Banquo kings!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Gratitude—the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.”
—Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)
“At present our only true names are nicknames.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)