Van Wert High

Famous quotes containing the words van, wert and/or high:

    “Language is a social art.”
    —Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)

    “Be kind to thy father, for when thou wert young,
    Who loved thee so fondly as he?
    He caught the first accents that fell from thy tongue,
    And joined in thy innocent glee.”
    —Margaret Courtney (1822–1862)

    “But man, proud man,
    Dressed in a little brief authority,
    Most ignorant of what he’s most assured,
    His glassy essence, like an angry ape
    Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
    As makes the angels weep.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)