Prior General

Famous quotes containing the words prior and/or general:

    “To John I owed great obligation;
    But John, unhappily, thought fit
    To publish it to all the nation:
    Sure John and I are more than quit.”
    —Matthew Prior (1664–1721)

    “Then comes my fit again. I had else been perfect,
    Whole as the marble, founded as the rock,
    As broad and general as the casing air.
    But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in
    To saucy doubts and fears.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)