Famous quotes containing the words previously experienced, previously, experienced and/or scene:
“What an age experiences as evil is usually an untimely reverberation echoing what was previously experienced as goodthe atavism of an older ideal.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)
“He had previously complimented me on my paddling, saying that I paddled just like anybody, giving me an Indian name which meant great paddler.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“Have you noticed when reading War and Peace the difficulties Tolstoy experienced in forcing morally wounded Bolkonsky to come into geographical and chronological contact with Natasha? It is very painful to watch the way the poor fellow is dragged and pushed and shoved in order to achieve this happy reunion.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (18991977)
“Fanny was not there! How she would have enjoyed the scene.... I could not but think of her, and in spite of my efforts to prevent, the unbidden tear would flow. Alas! I cannot feel the satisfaction some appear to do in the reflection that her eyes beheld the scene from the other world.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (18221893)