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)
“You’re a grand old flag;
You’re a high-flying flag.
And forever in peace may you wave.”
—George M. Cohan (1878–1942)
“One promises much, to avoid giving little.”
—Luc, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–1747)
“Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
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