Famous quotes containing the words century, masters, christmas and/or collection:
“The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.”
—Publilius Syrus (1st century B.C.)
“Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts.”
—Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)
“Monday’s child is fair in face,
Tuesday’s child is full of grace,
Wednesday’s child is full of woe,
Thursday’s child has far to go,
Friday’s child is loving and giving,
Saturday’s child works hard for its living;
And a child that is born on a Christmas day,
Is fair and wise, good and gay.”
—Anonymous. Quoted in Traditions, Legends, Superstitions, and Sketches of Devonshire, vol. 2, ed. Anna E.K.S. Bray (1838)
“Our society is not a community, but merely a collection of isolated family units.”
—Valerie Solanas (b. 1940)