Writ Directs

Famous quotes containing the words writ and/or directs:

“The prison is the state writ small.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“A man often thinks he rules himself, when all the while he is ruled and managed; and while his understanding directs one design, his affections imperceptibly draw him into another.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)