Imperial Armour Volume

Famous quotes containing the words imperial, armour and/or volume:

    “The formal Washington dinner party has all the spontaneity of a Japanese imperial funeral.”
    —Simon Hoggart (b. 1946)

    “The man whose silent days
    In harmless joys are spent,
    Whom hopes cannot delude,
    Nor sorrow discontent:

    That man needs neither towers
    Nor armour for defence,
    Nor secret vaults to fly
    From thunder’s violence.”
    —Thomas Campion (1567–1620)

    “To be thoroughly conversant with a Man’s heart, is to take our final lesson in the iron-clasped volume of despair.”
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1845)