Quarter Mare

Famous quotes containing the words quarter and/or mare:

    The most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money, and the most repellent man of my acquaintance is a philanthropist who has spent nearly a quarter of a million upon the London poor.
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

    Damn me, what a misery it is to have daughters when a man has a good mare and dogs.
    John Osborne (1929–1994)