Spectre Called

Famous quotes containing the words spectre and/or called:

    “The acorn’s not yet
    Fallen from the tree
    That’s to grow the wood,
    That’s to make the cradle,
    That’s to rock the bairn,
    That’s to grow a man,
    That’s to lay me.”
    —Unknown. The Cauld Lad of Hilton or, The Wandering Spectre (l. 2–8)

    “Perhaps man is the only being that can properly be called idle.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)