Late Nineteenth Century

Famous quotes containing the words nineteenth century, late, nineteenth and/or century:

“We have now traced the history of women from Paradise to the nineteenth century and have heard nothing through the long roll of the ages but the clank of their fetters.”
—Jane, Lady Wilde (1821–1896)

“... asks what it’s too late to ask:
“Where is my life? Where is my life?
What have I done with my life?””
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

“... the nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not. Not.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)

“The gruel that children’s little hands have stirred
Is sweeter than nectar.”
—Tiruvalluvar (c. 5th century A.D.)