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)

    “You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing; to him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all.”
    —Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741–1801)

    “Swift blazing flag of the regiment,
    Eagle with crest of red and gold,
    These men were born to drill and die.
    Point for them the virtue of slaughter,
    Make plain to them the excellence of killing
    And a field where a thousand corpses lie.”
    —Stephen Crane (1871–1900)