Famous quotes containing the words earl, mar and/or centuries:
“the bud packed
tight with its miracle swayed
stiffly on breaths
of air, moved
as though impelled
by stirrings within itself.”
—Robert Earl Hayden (1913–1980)
“Mend your speech a little,
Lest you may mar your fortunes.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone,
All centuries but this, and every country but his own.”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)