Famous quotes containing the words plain and/or speaker:
“I speak to thee plain soldier. If thou canst love me for this, take me.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)