Nero Wolfe Mystery

Famous quotes containing the words nero, wolfe and/or mystery:

“The ghost of the heart of manred Cain
And the more murderous brain
Of Man, still redder Nero that conceived the death
Of his mother Earth, and tore
Her womb, to know the place where he was conceived.”
—Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)

“His bill’s so yellow,
his coat’s so black,
that he makes a fellow
whistle back.”
—Humbert Wolfe (1885–1940)

“Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of the prophets. He saw with an open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it, and had his being there. Alone in all history he estimated the greatness of man.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)