Sergeant Bluff

Famous quotes containing the words sergeant and/or bluff:

    A sergeant of the lawe, war and wys,
    That often hadde been at the Parvys,
    Ther was also, ful riche of excellence.
    Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they may put up.
    F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)