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Famous quotes containing the words sir william and/or william:

    His friends he loved. His direst earthly foes—
    Cats—I believe he did but feign to hate.
    My hand will miss the insinuated nose,
    Mine eyes the tail that wagg’d contempt at Fate.
    Sir William Watson (1858–1935)

    What is the student but a lover courting a fickle mistress who ever eludes his grasp?
    —Sir William Osler (1849–1919)