Long Count Dates

Famous quotes containing the words long, count and/or dates:

“He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men.”
—John Aubrey (1626–1697)

“You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

“Our dates are brief, and therefore we admire
What thou dost foist upon us that is old,”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)