Century American Individualist

Famous quotes containing the words century and/or american:

    “Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger the load, the greater will be the profit upon profit.”
    —Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)

    “In the American metaphysic, reality is always material reality, hard, resistant, unformed, impenetrable, and unpleasant.”
    —Lionel Trilling (1905–1975)