Century Author

Famous quotes containing the words century and/or author:

“A nation rushing hastily to and fro, busily employed in idleness.”
—Phaedrus (c. 1st century A.D.)

“Reviewers, with some rare exceptions, are a most stupid and malignant race. As a bankrupt thief turns thief-taker in despair, so an unsuccessful author turns critic.”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)