Flour/composition

Famous quotes containing the words flour and/or composition:

    But age, allas that al wol envenime,
    Hath me biraft my beautee and my pith—
    Lat go, farewel, the devel go therwith!
    The flour is goon, ther is namore to telle:
    Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    It is my PRIDE, my damn’d, native, unconquerable Pride, that plunges me into Distraction. You must know that 19-20th of my Composition is Pride. I must either live a Slave, a Servant; to have no Will of my own, no Sentiments of my own which I may freely declare as such;Mor DIE—perplexing alternative!
    Thomas Chatterton (1752–1770)