Famous quotes containing the word knew:
“Rome has betrayed itself. It knew the truth and chose violence, it knew humaneness and it chose tyranny.”
—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (19211990)
“In those rare days, the press was seldom known to snarl or bark,
But sweetly sang of men in powr, like any tuneful lark;
Grave judges, too, to all their evil deeds were in the dark;
And not a man in twenty score knew how to make his mark.
Oh the fine old English Tory times;”
—Charles Dickens (18121890)
“I knew a pure heart who refused tot be mistrustful.... He had written at his doorstep: From wherever you are, enter and be welcome. Who do you think responded to this lovely invitation? The militia, who made themselves at home and gutted him.”
—Albert Camus (19131960)