Solemn High Mass

Famous quotes containing the words solemn, high and/or mass:

    “One does not jump, and spring, and shout hurrah! at hearing one has got a fortune, one begins to consider responsibilities, and to ponder business; on a base of steady satisfaction rise certain grave cares, and we contain ourselves, and brood over our bliss with a solemn brow.”
    —Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855)

    “That is very high praise, which is given you by faithful witness.”
    —Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)

    “I am not a very sentimental man; and the best sentiment I can think of is, that if you collect the signatures of all persons who are no less distinguished than I, you will have a very undistinguishing mass of names.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)