Famous quotes containing the word excellent:
“Rich she shall be, thats certain; wise, or Ill none; virtuous, or Ill never cheapen her; fair, or Ill never look on her; mild, or come not near me; noble, or not I for an angel; of good discourse, an excellent musician, and her hair shall be of what color it please God.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“Several moralists have recommended it as an excellent method of becoming acquainted with our own hearts, and knowing our progress in virtue, to recollect our dreams in a morning, and examine them with the same rigour that we would our most serious and most deliberate actions.”
—David Hume (17111776)
“I have had no other treasure in this world than to see you once perfect and complete, as much in virtue, honesty and wisdom, as in all free and honest learning, and so leave you after my death like a mirror representing my personyour fatherif not as excellent in fact as I would wish, certainly so in desire.”
—François Rabelais (14941553)