Fair Maid of Brittany

Famous quotes containing the words fair maid, fair and/or maid:

    “A man who would woo a fair maid,
    Should ‘prentice himself to the trade;
    And study all day,
    In methodical way,
    How to flatter, cajole, and persuade”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “Why should not our whole life and its scenery be actually thus fair and distinct? All our lives want a suitable background. They should at least, like the life of the anchorite, be as impressive to behold as objects in a desert, a broken shaft or crumbling mound against a limitless horizon.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “None but a maid is roused by a love song. And this was a maid, an old maid.”
    —HonorĂ© De Balzac (1799–1850)