Famous quotes containing the words common and/or frequency:
“For all Men would be Cowards if they durst:
And Honestys against all common sense”
—John Wilmot, 2d Earl Of Rochester (16471680)
“One is apt to be discouraged by the frequency with which Mr. Hardy has persuaded himself that a macabre subject is a poem in itself; that, if there be enough of death and the tomb in ones theme, it needs no translation into art, the bold statement of it being sufficient.”
—Rebecca West (18921983)