Famous quotes containing the words carl, passions and/or tough:
“The millere was a stout carl for the nones;”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)
“Women are all so far Machiavellians that they are never either good or bad by halves; their passions are too strong, and their reason too weak, to do anything with moderation.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“Since to the awe of thy imperious wit
Our troublesome language bends, made only fit
With her tough thick-ribbed hoops to gird about
Thy giant fancy, which had proved too stout
For their soft melting phrases.”
—Thomas Carew (1589–1639)