Native Character Set

Famous quotes containing the words native, character and/or set:

    “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)

    “Gross and obscure natures, however decorated, seem impure shambles; but character gives splendor to youth, and awe to wrinkled skin and gray hairs.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “When Freedom, from her mountain height,
    Unfurled her standard to the air,
    She tore the azure robe of night,
    And set the stars of glory there;”
    —Joseph Rodman Drake (1795–1820)