State Provincial Office

Famous quotes containing the words state, provincial and/or office:

“For I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.”
—Bible: New Testament St. Paul, in Philippians, 4:11.

“The dead level of provincial existence.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)

“The office of the prince and that of the writer are defined and assigned as follows: the nobleman gives rank to the written work, the writer provides food for the prince.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)