Solemn High Mass

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

    There are people who believe everything is sane and sensible that is done with a solemn face.
    —G.C. (Georg Christoph)

    The most useful man in the most useful world, so long as only commodity was served, would remain unsatisfied. But, as fast as he sees beauty, life acquires a very high value.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    There is a small steam engine in his brain which not only sets the cerebral mass in motion, but keeps the owner in hot water.
    —Unknown. New York Weekly Mirror (July 5, 1845)