Sorts

Famous quotes containing the word sorts:

    It breedeth no small offence and scandal to see and consider upon the one part the curiosity and cost bestowed by all sorts of men upon their private houses; and on the other part the unclean and negligent order and spare keeping of the houses of prayer by permitting open decays and ruins of coverings of walls and windows, and by appointing unmeet and unseemly tables with foul cloths for the communion of the sacrament.
    Elizabeth I (1533–1603)

    There are several sorts of curiosity: a curiosity of self-interest, for example, which makes us desire to learn things that may be useful to us; and one of pride, which proceeds from an itch to know more than other people.
    François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

    People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbours.
    George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)