Present Day North

Famous quotes containing the words present, day and/or north:

“For present joys are more to flesh and blood
Than a dull prospect of a distant good.”
—John Dryden (1631–1700)

“Singing I was at peace,
Above the clouds, outside the ring:
For sorrow finds a swift release in song
And pride its poise.”
—Cecil Day Lewis (1904–1972)

“I do not speak with any fondness but the language of coolest history, when I say that Boston commands attention as the town which was appointed in the destiny of nations to lead the civilization of North America.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)