Saints Wore Black

Famous quotes containing the words saints, wore and/or black:

“Its imaginary value will increase with the years, and if he [his grandson-in-law] lives to my age, or another half century, he may see it carried in the procession of our nation’s birthday, as the relics of the saints are in those of the church.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

“The oldest man he seemed that ever wore grey hairs.”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

“As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.”
—Maya Angelou (b. 1928)