Sir Christopher Wren

Famous quotes containing the words sir, christopher and/or wren:

    Conscription may have been good for the country, but it damn near killed the army.
    Richard, Sir Hull (b. 1907)

    They are not long, the weeping and the laughter,
    Love and desire and hate:
    I think they have no portion in us after
    We pass the gate.
    —Ernest Christopher Dowson (1867–1900)

    Adultery? Thou shalt not die. Die for adultery!
    No, the wren goes to’t, and the small gilded fly
    Does lecher in my sight. Let copulation thrive.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)