Famous quotes containing the words mercury, grand, marquis and/or generation:
“The mercury sank in the mouth of the dying day.
What instruments we have agree
The day of his death was a dark cold day.”
—W.H. (Wystan Hugh)
“Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author.”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (18071882)
“Obscurity is the realm of error.”
—Luc, Marquis de Vauvenargues (17151747)
“Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.”
—Lois Wyse (20th century)
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