Original Bear Flag

Famous quotes containing the words original, bear and/or flag:

    “The ideas of an age are most abundant where they are not crowded by original ideas.”
    —Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

    “But I must bear my destiny as best I can, knowing well that there is no resisting the strength of necessity.”
    —Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)

    “Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then,
    Bowed with her fourscore years and ten;

    Bravest of all in Frederick town,
    She took up the flag the men hauled down;”
    —John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)