Stephen Vincent Ben

Famous quotes containing the words vincent ben, vincent and/or ben:

    “Seine and Piave are silver spoons,
    But the spoonbowl-metal is thin and worn,”
    —Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943)

    “a long shot at long odds, a black mare
    By Hatred out of Envy by Despair.”
    —James Vincent Cunningham (1911–1985)

    “For of fortunes sharp adversitee
    The worst kynde of infortune is this,
    A man to han ben in prosperitee,
    And it remembren, whan it passed is.”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340–1400)