Modern

Famous quotes containing the word modern:

“We could hardly believe that after so many ordeals, after all the trials of modern skepticism, there was still so much left in our souls to destroy.”
—Alexander Herzen (1812–1870)

“It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

“The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in it is that it looks for the truth in everything and finds it.”
—Edmond De Goncourt (1822–1896)