Famous quotes containing the words left and/or post:
“Only Herrick’s left alone,
For to number sorrow by
Their departures hence and die.”
—Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
“I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage, with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post which any human power can give.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)