Present Latin America

Famous quotes containing the words present, latin and/or america:

    The at present unutterable things we may find somewhere uttered. These same questions that disturb and puzzle and confound us have in their turn occurred to all the wise men; not one has been omitted; and each has answered them, according to his ability, by his words and his life.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    It is a monstrous thing to force a child to learn Latin or Greek or mathematics on the ground that they are an indispensable gymnastic for the mental powers. It would be monstrous even if it were true.
    George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    In America the cohesion was a matter of choice and will. But in Europe it was organic.
    —D.H. (David Herbert)