Native Affairs

Famous quotes containing the words native and/or affairs:

    “Happy the man whose wish and care
    A few paternal acres bound,
    Content to breathe his native air
    In his own ground:”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    “In France a woman will not go to sleep until she has talked over affairs of state with her lover or her husband.”
    —Jules Mazarin (1602–1661)