Famous quotes containing the words cordes and/or people:
“There is a social respect necessary in company: you may start your own subject of conversation with modesty, taking care, however, de ne jamais parler de cordes dans la maison d’un pendu.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“I’m sure I don’t know half the people who come to my house. Indeed, from all I hear, I shouldn’t like to.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)