Tattered Tom Series

Famous quotes containing the words tattered, tom and/or series:

    “Two children, all alone and no one by,
    Holding their tattered frocks, thro’an airy maze
    Of motion lightly threaded with nimble feet
    Dance sedately; face to face they gaze,
    Their eyes shining, grave with a perfect pleasure.”
    —Laurence Binyon (1869–1943)

    “Sir, there is more knowledge in a letter of Richardson’s, than in all Tom Jones.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

    “Autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.”
    —George Orwell (1903–1950)