Sharp Shooter/history

Famous quotes containing the words sharp and/or history:

    “The lyf so short, the craft so longe to lerne,
    Th’ assay so hard, so sharp the conquerynge,
    The dredful joye, alwey that slit so yerne;
    Al this mene I be love.”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340–1400)

    “The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.”
    —Samuel Butler (1835–1902)