Entertained

Famous quotes containing the word entertained:

“To my judgment your highness is not entertained with that ceremonious affection as you were wont.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is to endeavor to carry out those schemes which he entertained when he was poor.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“It is so manifestly incompatible with those precautions for our peace and safety, which all the great powers habitually observe and enforce in matters affecting them, that a shorter water way between our eastern and western seaboards should be dominated by any European government, that we may confidently expect that such a purpose will not be entertained by any friendly power.”
—Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)