Famous quotes containing the word covered:
“It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age of nineteen be covered under barrels, or rendered otherwise invisible; and there left to follow their lawful studies and callings, till they emerged, sadder and wiser, at the age of twenty-five.”
—Thomas Carlyle (17951881)
“Humility is the sure evidence of Christian virtues. Without it, we retain all our faults still, and they are only covered over with pride, which hides them from other mens observation, and sometimes from our own too.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (16131680)
“At Eutaw Springs the valiant died;
Their limbs with dust are covered oer
Weep on, ye springs, your tearful tide;
How many heroes are no more!”
—Philip Freneau (17521832)
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