Prison/history

Famous quotes containing the words prison and/or history:

    So must pure lovers’ souls descend
    T’affections, and to faculties,
    Which sense may reach and apprehend,
    Else a great Prince in prison lies.
    John Donne (c. 1572–1631)

    It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
    Henry James (1843–1916)