Fancy Free

Famous quotes containing the words fancy free, fancy and/or free:

    “When I was one-and-twenty
    I heard a wise man say,
    “Give crowns and pounds and guineas
    But not your heart away;
    Give pearls away and rubies,
    But keep your fancy free.”
    But I was one-and-twenty,
    No use to talk to me.”
    —A.E. (Alfred Edward)

    “After I went to bed I had a curious fancy as to dreams. In sleep the doors of the mind are shut, and thoughts come jumping in at the windows. They tumble headlong, and therefore are so disorderly and strange. Sometimes they are stout and light on their feet, and then they are rational dreams.”
    —James Boswell (1740–1795)

    “To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious.”
    —Ernest Renan (1823–1892)