Imperial Scholar

Famous quotes containing the words imperial and/or scholar:

“The imperial votaress passed on,
In maiden meditation, fancy-free.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“The tranquility and peace that a scholar needs is something as sweet and exhilarating as love. Unspeakable joys are showered on us by the exertion of our mental faculties; the quest of ideas, and the tranquil contemplation of knowledge; delights indescribable, because purely intellectual and impalpable to our senses.”
—Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)