Famous quotes containing the words alexander and/or eliot:
“I thought when I was a young man that I would conquer the world with truth. I thought I would lead an army greater than Alexander ever dreamed of. Not to conquer nations, but to liberate mankind. With truth. With the golden sound of the Word. But only a few of them heard. Only a few of you understood. The rest of you put on black and sat in chapel.”
—Philip Dunne (1908–1992)
“It is generally a feminine eye that first detects the moral deficiencies hidden under the “dear deceit” of beauty.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)