Famous quotes containing the words modern and/or faro:
“To the modern spirit nothing is, or can be rightly known, except relatively and under conditions.”
—Walter Pater (18391894)
“[I]t forged ahead to become a full-fledged metropolis, with 143 faro games, 30 saloons, 4 banks, 27 produce stores, 3 express officesand an arena for bull-and-bear fights, which, described by Horace Greeley in the New York Tribune, is said to have given Wall Street its best-known phrases.”
—For the State of California, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)