Famous quotes containing the words red, cross and/or societies:
“And out of her bosom there grew a red rose
And out of Lord Lovels a briar, briar, briar,
And out of Lord Lovels a briar.”
—Unknown. Lord Lovel (l. 3840)
“Never expect any recognition herethe system prohibits it. The cross is not affixed to the genius, no, the genius is affixed to the cross.”
—Franz Grillparzer (17911872)
“There is no human failure greater than to launch a profoundly important endeavour and then leave it half done. This is what the West has done with its colonial system. It shook all the societies in the world loose from their old moorings. But it seems indifferent whether or not they reach safe harbour in the end.”
—Barbara Ward (19141981)
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