Famous quotes containing the words varnish and/or history:
“People are less self-conscious in the intimacy of family life and during the anxiety of a great sorrow. The dazzling varnish of an extreme politeness is then less in evidence, and the true qualities of the heart regain their proper proportions.”
—Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)
“It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)