Pope Jacob

Famous quotes containing the words pope and/or jacob:

    You beat your pate, and fancy wit will come:
    Knock as you please, there’s nobody at home.
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    As for me, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are now only the subtlest imaginable essences, which would not stain the morning sky.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)