Famous quotes containing the words set, word and/or marks:
“The dreariest spot in all the land
To Death they set apart;
With scanty grace from Natures hand,
And none from that of Art.”
—John Greenleaf Whittier (18071892)
“I do not correct my first imaginings by my secondwell, yes, perhaps a word or so, but only to vary, not to delete. I want to represent the course of my humors and I want people to see each part at its birth.”
—Michel de Montaigne (15331592)
“Modernity exists in the form of a desire to wipe out whatever came earlier, in the hope of reaching at least a point that could be called a true present, a point of origin that marks a new departure.”
—Paul De Man (19191983)