Scene

Famous quotes containing the word scene:

“How many ages hence
Shall this our lofty scene be acted over
In states unborn and accents yet unknown!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“‘Twas that friends, the belov’d of my bosom, were near,
Who made every dear scene of enchantment more dear,”
—Thomas Moore (1779–1852)

“We, the lineal representatives of the successful enactors of one scene of slaughter after another, must, whatever more pacific virtues we may also possess, still carry about with us, ready at any moment to burst into flame, the smoldering and sinister traits of character by means of which they lived through so many massacres, harming others, but themselves unharmed.”
—William James (1842–1910)