Latin Words

Famous quotes containing the words latin and/or words:

    “He tries by a peculiar speech to speak
    The peculiar potency of the general,
    To compound the imagination’s Latin with
    The lingua franca et jocundissima.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “Now Sweeney phones from London, W. 2,
    saying, Martyr, my religion is love, is you.
    Be seated, my Sweeney, my invisible fan.
    Surely the words will continue, for that’s
    what’s left that’s true.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)