Linen/history

Famous quotes containing the words linen and/or history:

“It is not linen you’re wearing out
But human creatures’ lives!
Stitch—stitch—stitch,
In poverty, hunger, and dirt,
Sewing at once, with a double thread,
A Shroud as well as a Shirt.”
—Thomas Hood (1799–1845)

“There is no history of how bad became better.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)