United Nations General

Famous quotes containing the words united, nations and/or general:

    Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
    Titus Livius (Livy)

    Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts--the book of their deeds, the book of their words, and the book of their art.
    John Ruskin (1819–1900)

    To judge from a single conversation, he made the impression of a narrow and very English mind; of one who paid for his rare elevation by general tameness and conformity. Off his own beat, his opinions were of no value.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)