Male Line Descendants

Famous quotes containing the words male, line and/or descendants:

    “The cool kindliness of sheets, that soon
    Smooth away trouble; and the rough male kiss
    Of blankets.”
    —Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)

    “Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. Many will read the book before one thinks of quoting a passage. As soon as he has done this, that line will be quoted east and west.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “And what if my descendants lose the flower
    Through natural declension of the soul,
    Through too much business with the passing hour,
    Through too much play, or marriage with a fool?”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)