Common/places

Famous quotes containing the words common and/or places:

    “Do you come to a philosopher as to a cunning man, to learn something by magic or witchcraft, beyond what can be known by common prudence and discretion?”
    —David Hume (1711–1776)

    “Look,
    when it is over he places her,
    like a phone, back on the hook.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)