Order Odes

Famous quotes containing the words order and/or odes:

    “The earlier works of a man of genius are always preferred to the newer ones, in order to prove that he is going down instead of up.”
    —Victor Hugo (1802–1885)

    “To be a woman and a writer
    is double mischief, for
    the world will slight her
    who slights “the servile house,” and who would rather
    make odes than beds.”
    —Dilys Laing (1906–1960)