Le Saint Esprit

Famous quotes containing the words saint and/or esprit:

    “Troll the bowl, the jolly nut-brown bowl,
    And here, kind mate, to thee!
    Let’s sing a dirge for Saint Hugh’s soul,
    And down it merrily.”
    —Thomas Dekker (1572?–1632?)

    “If the heart has its reasons, perhaps the body
    Has its own lumbering sort of carnal spirit,
    Felt in the tingling bruises of collision,
    And known to captains as esprit de corps.”
    —Anthony Hecht (b. 1923)