Gallant Ladies

Famous quotes containing the words gallant and/or ladies:

    “Gaily bedight,
    A gallant knight,
    In sunshine and in shadow,
    Had journeyed long,
    Singing a song,
    In search of Eldorado.”
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

    “That the townspeople might better see him, the President was persuaded to leave his carriage by the inducement that the ladies wished to get a look at him. ‘By Gad,’ he repied, ‘I’d like to see your ladies,’ and alighted.”
    —For the State of New Hampshire, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)