Pater

Famous quotes containing the word pater:

“For with this desire of physical beauty mingled itself early the fear of death—the fear of death intensified by the desire of beauty.”
—Walter Pater 1839–1894, British writer, educator. originally published in Macmillan’s Magazine (Aug. 1878)

“She is older than the rocks among which she sits; like the vampire, she has been dead many times, and learned the secrets of the grave.”
—Walter Pater (1839–1894)

“To regard all things and principles of things as inconstant modes or fashions has more and more become the tendency of modern thought.”
—Walter Pater (1839–1894)