Famous quotes containing the words libel and/or laws:
“Middle-aged adolescents are a libel on the real thing.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“The laws of custom make our [returning a visit] necessary. O how I hate this vile custom which obliges us to make slaves of ourselves! to sell the most precious property we boast, our time;—and to sacrifice it to every prattling impertinent who chooses to demand it!”
—Frances Burney (1752–1840)