Finishing World

Famous quotes containing the words finishing and/or world:

“Minerva House ... was “a finishing establishment for young ladies,” where some twenty girls of the ages from thirteen to nineteen inclusive, acquired a smattering of everything and a knowledge of nothing.”
—Charles Dickens (1812–1870)

“Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea? How did it exist?”
—Sydney Smith (1771–1845)