Sir John Scott

Famous quotes containing the words sir, john and/or scott:

    “Such is our pride, our folly, or our fate,
    That few but such as cannot write, translate.”
    —John, Sir Denham (1615–1669)

    “To John I owed great obligation;
    But John, unhappily, thought fit
    To publish it to all the nation:
    Sure John and I are more than quit.”
    —Matthew Prior (1664–1721)

    “Optimism is the content of small men in high places.”
    —F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)