Embroidery/history

Famous quotes containing the words embroidery and/or history:

    It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity; for smiles and embroidery are alike occasional, and the mind is often dressed for show in painted honour, and fictitious benevolence.
    Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

    A man will not need to study history to find out what is best for his own culture.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)