Barefoot/laws

Famous quotes containing the words barefoot and/or laws:

“Daughters of Time, the hypocritic Days,
Muffled and dumb like barefoot dervishes,”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“The laws of custom make our [returning a visit] necessary. O how I hate this vile custom which obliges us to make slaves of ourselves! to sell the most precious property we boast, our time;—and to sacrifice it to every prattling impertinent who chooses to demand it!”
—Frances Burney (1752–1840)