Famous quotes containing the word true:
“Man you can define; but the true essence of any man, say, for instance, of Abraham Lincoln, remains the endlessly elusive and mysterious object of the biographers interest, of the historians comments, of popular legend, and of patriotic devotion.”
—Josiah Royce (18551916)
“The true poem is not that which the public read. There is always a poem not printed on paper,... in the poets life. It is what he has become through his work. Not how is the idea expressed in stone, or on canvas or paper, is the question, but how far it has obtained form and expression in the life of the artist. His true work will not stand in any princes gallery.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“Beware instinctthe lion will not touch the true prince.
Instinct is a great matter.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)