Stock/history

Famous quotes containing the words stock and/or history:

    “Death and life were not
    Till man made up the whole,
    Made lock, stock and barrel
    Out of his bitter soul,”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “The whole history of civilisation is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.”
    —Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)