Nations General Assembly

Famous quotes containing the words nations, general and/or assembly:

    “And who in time knowes whither we may vent
    The treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores
    This gaine of our best glorie shal be sent,
    T’inrich unknowing Nations with our stores?
    What worlds in th’yet unformed Occident
    May come refin’d with th’accents that are ours?”
    —Samuel Daniel (c. 1562–1619)

    “A general loathing of a gang or sect usually has some sound basis in instinct.”
    —Ezra Pound (1885–1972)

    “There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling.”
    —Victor Hugo (1802–1885)