Branch Swift River

Famous quotes containing the words branch, swift and/or river:

    “That man’s the true Conservative
    Who lops the mouldered branch away.”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

    “The most positive men are the most credulous.”
    —Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)

    “I journeyed to London, to the timekept City,
    Where the River flows, with foreign flotations.
    There I was told: we have too many churches,
    And too few chop-houses.”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)