Famous quotes containing the words modern and/or horn:
“O born in days when wits were fresh and clear,
And life ran gaily as the sparkling Thames;
Before this strange disease of modern life,
With its sick hurry, its divided aims,
Its head o’ertaxed, its palsied hearts, was rife—”
—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)
“He who goes oftenest round Cape Horn goes the most circumspectly.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)