Paris Progress

Famous quotes containing the words paris and/or progress:

    “I fasted for some forty days on bread and buttermilk
    For passing round the bottle with girls in rags or silk,
    In country shawl or Paris cloak, had put my wits astray,
    And what’s the good of women for all that they can say
    Is fol de rol de rolly O.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “The progress from an absolute to a limited monarchy, from a limited monarchy to a democracy, is a progress toward a true respect for the individual.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)