Famous quotes containing the words manfred, mann and/or chapter:
““Heaven nor hell shall impede my designs,” said Manfred, advancing again to seize the princess. At that instant the portrait of his grandfather ... uttered a deep sigh and heaved its breast. ... Manfred ... saw it quit its panel, and descend on the floor with a grave and melancholy air.”
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)
“I love and reverence the Word, the bearer of the spirit, the tool and gleaming ploughshare of progress.”
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)
“When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.”
—John Donne (c. 1572–1631)
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