Famous quotes containing the words external and/or affairs:
“No real “vital” character in fiction is altogether a conscious construction of the author. On the contrary, it may be a sort of parasitic growth upon the author’s personality, developing by internal necessity as much as by external addition.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
“Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of the State.”
—Duc De Richelieu (1585–1642)