Capital

Famous quotes containing the word capital:

    “Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society.”
    —Edmund Burke (1729–1797)

    “That monstrous tuberosity of civilised life, the capital of England.”
    —Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)

    “Mr. Whistler always spelt art, and we believe still spells it, with a capital “I.””
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)