Famous quotes containing the words donne and/or wrote:
“Busy old fool, unruly sun,
Why dost thou thus
Through windows, and through curtains call on us?”
—John Donne (1572–1631)
“His courtesy was somewhat extravagant. He would write and thank people who wrote to thank him for wedding presents and when he encountered anyone as punctilious as himself the correspondence ended only with death.”
—Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966)