Private Lakes

Famous quotes containing the words private and/or lakes:

    “Now different races and nationalities cherish different ideals of society that stink in each other’s nostrils with an offensiveness beyond the power of any but the most monstrous private deed.”
    —Rebecca West (1892–1983)

    “If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men alone. Let our lakes receive as true names at least as the Icarian Sea, where “still the shore” a “brave attempt resounds.””
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)