Famous quotes containing the words modern and/or orthodox:
“It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“If the jests that you crack have an orthodox smack,
You may get a bland smile from these sages;
But should it, by chance, be imported from France,
Half-a-crown is stopped out of your wages!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)