Poor Run

Famous quotes containing the words poor and/or run:

    “Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage,
    And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age:
    Pleased with this bauble still, as that before;
    ‘Till tired he sleeps, and life’s poor play is o’er.”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    “As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.”
    —Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)