Famous quotes containing the words expensive and/or perfume:
“He who takes people for smart pays an expensive lesson.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)
“The merit of those who fill a space in the world’s history, who are borne forward, as it were, by the weight of thousands whom they lead, shed a perfume less sweet than do the sacrifices of private virtue.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)