Famous quotes containing the words van, wert and/or high:
“Dont you hear his cannons roar?
Well be Orangemen no more
Says the Shan Van Vocht.”
—Unknown. The Shan Van Vocht (l. 1012)
“O wert thou in the cauld blast,
On yonder lea, on yonder lea,
My plaidie to the angry airt,
Id shelter thee, Id shelter thee.”
—Robert Burns (17591796)
“Crude men who feel themselves insulted tend to assess the degree of insult as high as possible, and talk about the offense in greatly exaggerated language, only so they can revel to their hearts content in the aroused feelings of hatred and revenge.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)
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