Lucullus Left

Famous quotes containing the words lucullus and/or left:

    “Why the ghosts of poor old dead Romans should be dragged in every time a man eats an oyster, I don’t see. We’re as fine specimens as they were. I swear I shan’t let any old turned-to-clay Lucullus outlive me, even if I’ve never eaten a lamprey.”
    —John Dos Passos (1896–1970)

    “Reason is our soul’s left hand, Faith her right,
    By these we reach divinity.”
    —John Donne (c. 1572–1631)