Famous quotes containing the words east and/or passing:
“The East is marvellously interesting for tracing our steps back. But for going forward, it is nothing. All it can hope for is to be fertilised by Europe, so that it can start on a new phase.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)