European Brown Bear

Famous quotes containing the words european, brown and/or bear:

    “Assassination is the perquisite of princes.”
    —19th-century European court cliché.

    “The river’s tent is broken; the last fingers of leaf
    Clutch and sink into the wet bank. The wind
    Crosses the brown land, unheard. The nymphs are departed.
    Sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song.
    The river bears no empty bottles, sandwich papers,
    Silk handkerchiefs, cardboard boxes, cigarette ends
    Or other testimony of summer nights.”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    “It requires more virtue to bear good fortune than ill.”
    —François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)