Famous quotes containing the words formal and/or occasions:
“Two clergymen disputing whether ordination would be valid without the imposition of both hands, the more formal one said, Do you think the Holy Dove could fly down with only one wing?”
—Horace Walpole (17171797)
“That which occasions so many mistakes in the computations of men, when they expect return for favors, is that the givers pride and the receivers cannot agree upon the value of the kindness done.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (16131680)