Standard Latin

Famous quotes containing the words standard and/or latin:

    “When Freedom, from her mountain height,
    Unfurled her standard to the air,
    She tore the azure robe of night,
    And set the stars of glory there;”
    —Joseph Rodman Drake (1795–1820)

    “There is no doubt that Greek and Latin are great and handsome ornaments, but we buy them too dear.”
    —Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)