Famous quotes containing the words fort, plain and/or village:
“I never drink—wine.”
—Garrett Fort (1900–1945)
“When first my lines of heavenly joys made mention,
Such was their luster, they did so excel,
That I sought out quaint words and trim invention;
My thoughts began to burnish, sprout, and swell,
Curling with metaphors a plain intention,
Decking the sense as if it were to sell.”
—George Herbert (1593–1633)
“The village appeared to me a great news room.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)