Famous quotes containing the words left, arm and/or orthodox:
“We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done.”
—Morning Prayer, General Confession, Book of Common Prayer (1662)
“A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time hell give him sixpence. But the second time itll only be a threepenny bit. And if he sees him a third time, hell have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.”
—Bertolt Brecht (18981956)
“If the jests that you crack have an orthodox smack,
You may get a bland smile from these sages;
But should it, by chance, be imported from France,
Half-a-crown is stopped out of your wages!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18361911)