Scarlet Letter

Famous quotes containing the words scarlet and/or letter:

    “Along the avenue of cypresses,
    All in their scarlet cloaks and surplices
    Of linen, go the chanting choristers,
    The priests in gold and black, the villagers. . . .”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)

    “To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning.”
    —Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)