Famous quotes containing the words pope, john, high, school, harris and/or county:
“Then say not Man’s imperfect, Heav’n in fault;
Say rather, Man’s as perfect as he ought:”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.”
—Bible: New Testament St. John the Divine, in Revelation, 2:10.
“To that high Capital, where kingly Death
Keeps his pale court in beauty and decay,
He came.”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)
“Dad, if you really want to know what happened in school, then you’ve got to know exactly who’s in the class, who rides the bus, what project they’re working on in science, and how your child felt that morning.... Without these facts at your fingertips, all you can really think to say is “So how was school today?” And you’ve got to be prepared for the inevitable answer—”Fine.” Which will probably leave you wishing that you’d never asked.”
—Ron Taffel (20th century)
“People who think they’re generous to a fault usually think that’s their only fault.”
—Sydney J. Harris (b. 1917)
“It would astonish if not amuse, the older citizens of your County who twelve years ago knew me a stranger, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy, working on a flat boat—at ten dollars per month to learn that I have been put down here as the candidate of pride, wealth, and aristocratic family distinction.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)