Century Country House

Famous quotes containing the words century, country and/or house:

    “If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity.”
    —Sun Tzu (6–5th century B.C.)

    “In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.”
    —Alexander Solzhenitsyn (b. 1918)

    “The house seems heavier
    Now that they have gone away.
    In fact it emptied in record time.”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)