General Sir Hugh

Famous quotes containing the words general, sir and/or hugh:

“Of what use, however, is a general certainty that an insect will not walk with his head hindmost, when what you need to know is the play of inward stimulus that sends him hither and thither in a network of possible paths?”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)

“Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humour. He will always use it in evidence against you.”
—Herbert, Sir Beerbohm (1853–1917)

“Thou shalt not covet; but tradition
Approves all forms of competition.”
—Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861)