Le Saint Esprit

Famous quotes containing the words saint and/or esprit:

    “You, mistress,
    That have the office opposite to Saint Peter,
    And keeps the gate of hell!”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “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)