Famous quotes containing the words divine, mercy and/or devotion:
“One cannot divine nor forecast the conditions that will make happiness; one only stumbles upon them by chance, in a lucky hour, at the world’s end somewhere, and hold fast to the days, as to fortune or fame.”
—Willa Cather (1876–1947)
“These doctors, they’ve got no mercy on you, ‘specially if you’re black. Ah! I’ve seen ‘em, many a time, but, they never come after me, I never gave ‘em a chance—not the first time.”
—Sylvia Dubois (1788?–1889)
“I delight in men over seventy. They always offer one the devotion of a lifetime.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)