Famous quotes containing the words james, wolfe, years and/or war:
“The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. Sobriety diminishes, discriminates, and says no; drunkenness expands, unites, and says yes.”
—William James (18421910)
“His bills so yellow,
his coats so black,
that he makes a fellow
whistle back.”
—Humbert Wolfe (18851940)
“In the Corner Store, near the village center, hangs a large sign reading: After 40 years of credit business, we have closed our book of Sorrow.”
—For the State of Maine, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“The dead have been awakenedshall I sleep?
The worlds at war with tyrantsshall I crouch?
The harvests ripeand shall I pause to reap?
I slumber not; the thorn is in my couch;
Each day a trumpet soundeth in mine ear,
Its echo in my heart.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (17881824)