Famous quotes containing the words convent, high and/or school:
“Come, all sad and solemn shows,
That are quick-eyed Pleasures foes!
We convent nought else but woes,
We convent nought else but woes.”
—John Fletcher (15791625)
“I swear by the mighty power of Amon-Ra, whose anger can shatter the world, and by the dread power of Set, that I will never betray my trust as High Priest of Karnak.”
—Griffin Jay, Maxwell Shane (19051983)
“And Guidobaldo, when he made
That grammar school of courtesies
Where wit and beauty learned their trade
Upon Urbinos windy hill,
Had sent no runners to and fro
That he might learn the shepherds will.”
—William Butler Yeats (18651939)