Middle Fort Ancient

Famous quotes containing the words middle, fort and/or ancient:

    “For rhetoric, he could not ope
    His mouth, but out there flew a trope;
    And when he happen’d to break off
    I’ th’ middle of his speech, or cough,
    H’ had hard words ready to show why,
    And tell what rules he did it by;”
    —Samuel Butler (1612–1680)

    “I never drink—wine.”
    —Garrett Fort (1900–1945)

    “I summon to the winding ancient stair;
    Set all your mind upon the steep ascent,”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)