Persuasion/culture

Famous quotes containing the words persuasion and/or culture:

“The time flew by, wi’ tentless heed;
Till, ‘tween the late and early,
Wi’ sma’ persuasion she agreed
To see me thro’ the barley.”
—Robert Burns (1759–1796)

“Insolent youth rides, now, in the whirlwind. For those modern iconoclasts who are without culture possess, apparently, all the courage.”
—Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945)