Famous quotes containing the words grandfather and/or clock:
““Wotever is, is right, as the young nobleman sveetly remarked wen they put him down in the pension list ‘cos his mother’s uncle’s vife’s grandfather vunce lit the king’s pipe vith a portable tinder-box.””
—Charles Dickens (1812–1870)
“By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)