Famous quotes containing the words history, english, short and/or split:
“All things are moral. That soul, which within us is a sentiment, outside of us is a law. We feel its inspiration; out there in history we can see its fatal strength.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The English winter—ending in July,
To recommence in August.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.”
—Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)
“What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life?
The world would split open”
—Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980)