Quadrille Ruled

Famous quotes containing the words quadrille and/or ruled:

“Most English talk is a quadrille in a sentry-box.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)

“There is a totalitarian regime inside every one of us. We are ruled by a ruthless politburo which sets ours norms and drives us from one five-year plan to another. The autonomous individual who has to justify his existence by his own efforts is in eternal bondage to himself.”
—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)