Famous quotes containing the words actor, age and/or ten:
“As in a theatre the eyes of men,
After a well-graced actor leaves the stage,
Are idly bent on him that enters next,
Thinking his prattle to be tedious,
Even so, or with much more contempt, mens eyes
Did scowl on gentle Richard.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“One measure of a civilization, either of an age or of a single individual, is what that age or person really wishes to do. A mans hope measures his civilization. The attainability of the hope measures, or may measure, the civilization of his nation and time.”
—Ezra Pound (18851972)
“From Natures chain whatever link you strike,
Tenth or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike.”
—Alexander Pope (16881744)
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