Famous quotes containing the words sheep, meadow and/or press:
“The metaphor of the king as the shepherd of his people goes back to ancient Egypt. Perhaps the use of this particular convention is due to the fact that, being stupid, affectionate, gregarious, and easily stampeded, the societies formed by sheep are most like human ones.”
—Northrop Frye (b. 1912)
“Maud Muller on a summer’s day
Raked the meadow sweet with hay.”
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
“No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)