English Author

Famous quotes containing the words english and/or author:

    Six hours for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.
    —18th-century English proverb.

    In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases, but woe to him if he goes beyond them.
    Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859)