Modern Department

Famous quotes containing the words modern and/or department:

    In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.
    Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

    All his works might well enough be embraced under the title of one of them, a good specimen brick, “On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History.” Of this department he is the Chief Professor in the World’s University, and even leaves Plutarch behind.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)