Famous quotes containing the words prime and/or rib:
“One wants in a Prime Minister a good many things, but not very great things. He should be clever but need not be a genius; he should be conscientious but by no means strait-laced; he should be cautious but never timid, bold but never venturesome; he should have a good digestion, genial manners, and, above all, a thick skin.”
—Anthony Trollope (18151882)
“Though shoulder, bosom, lip, and knee
Are praised in every kind of art,
Here is loves true anatomy:
His rib is gone; hell have her heart.”
—John Hollander (b. 1929)
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