Famous quotes containing the words carl, passions and/or tough:
“The millere was a stout carl for the nones;”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)
“The passions of youth are not more dangerous to health than is the lukewarmness of old age.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“Since to the awe of thy imperious wit
Our troublesome language bends, made only fit
With her tough thick-ribbed hoops to gird about
Thy giant fancy, which had proved too stout
For their soft melting phrases.”
—Thomas Carew (1589–1639)