Famous quotes containing the words tinker, tailor and/or soldier:
“The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer, the opposite of the idealist. The artist does not tinker with the universe; he recreates it out of his own experience and understanding of life.”
—Henry Miller (18911980)
“A tailor can adapt to any medium, be it poetry, be it criticism. As a poet, he can mend, and with the scissors of criticism he can divide.”
—Franz Grillparzer (17911872)
“Staystay with us!restthou art
weary and worn!
And fain was their war-broken soldier to stay;
But sorrow returnd with the dawning of morn,
And the voice in my dreaming ear melted away.”
—Thomas Campbell (17741844)
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