Common Names

Famous quotes containing the words common and/or names:

“Vices enter into the composition of virtues as poisons into the composition of certain medicines. Prudence and common sense mix them together, and make excellent use of them against the misfortunes that attend human life.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“At present our only true names are nicknames.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)