Famous quotes containing the words monkey, island and/or special:
“If we complain about the tune, there is no reason to attack the monkey when the organ grinder is present.”
—Aneurin Bevan (1897–1960)
“The island dreams under the dawn
And great boughs drop tranquillity;
The peahens dance on a smooth lawn,
A parrot sways upon a tree,
Raging at his own image in the enamelled sea.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird.”
—Joseph Conrad (1857–1924)
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