Famous quotes containing the words town, country and/or generation:
“The disadvantage of men not knowing the past is that they do not know the present. History is a hill or high point of vantage, from which alone men see the town in which they live or the age in which they are living.”
—Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)
“Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
“One generation abandons the enterprises of another like stranded vessels.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)