Geneva/history

Famous quotes containing the words geneva and/or history:

“Wise men read very sharply all your private history in your look and gait and behavior. The whole economy of nature is bent on expression. The tell-tale body is all tongues. Men are like Geneva watches with crystal faces which expose the whole movement.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)