Famous quotes containing the words sir robert ayton, sir, robert and/or ayton:
“The morning rose, that untouched stands
Armed with her briars, how sweet she smells!
But plucked and strained through ruder hands,
Her sweets no longer with her dwells,
But scent and beauty both are gone,
And leaves fall from her, one by one.”
—Sir Robert Ayton (1570–1638)
“Give me the critic bred in Nature’s school,
Who neither talks by rote, nor thinks by rule;
Who feeling’s honest dictates still obeys,
And dares, without a precedent, to praise.”
—Martin Archer, Sir Shee (1769–1850)
“In politics, victory is never total.”
—Donald Freed, U.S. screenwriter, and Arnold M. Stone. Robert Altman. Richard Nixon (Philip Baker Hall)
“And I shall sigh, when some will smile,
To see thy love to every one
Hath brought thee to be loved by none.”
—Sir Robert Ayton (1570–1638)