General Convention Held

Famous quotes containing the words general, convention and/or held:

    The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his country; it is just as complex, often ambivalent, and in general it is understood completely only when it is broken: by exile or emigration in the case of one’s country, by retirement in the case of a trade or profession.
    Primo Levi (1919–1987)

    No good poetry is ever written in a manner twenty years old, for to write in such a manner shows conclusively that the writer thinks from books, convention and cliché, not from real life.
    Ezra Pound (1885–1972)

    It is my birthday,
    I had thought t’ have held it poor; but since my lord
    Is Antony again, I will be Cleopatra.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)