Solemn High Mass

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

    ““I tell you the solemn truth that the doctrine of the Trinity is not so difficult to accept for a working proposition as any one of the axioms of physics.””
    —Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)

    “O mistress mine, where are you roaming?
    O stay and hear, your true love’s coming,
    That can sing both high and low.
    Trip no further, pretty sweeting.
    Journeys end in lovers meeting,
    Every wise man’s son doth know.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “As a rule, all heroism is due to a lack of reflection, and thus it is necessary to maintain a mass of imbeciles. If they once understand themselves the ruling men will be lost.”
    —Ernest Renan (1823–1892)