Famous quotes containing the words poe, singer and/or present:
“TRUE!—nervous—very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?”
—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)
“In the race for wealth, a neighbor tries to outdo his neighbor, but this strife is good for men. For the potter envies potter, and the carpenter the carpenter, and the beggar rivals the beggar, and the singer the singer.”
—Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)
“The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.”
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)