Thrice Greatest Hermes

Famous quotes containing the words thrice, greatest and/or hermes:

    “Make less thy body hence, and more thy grace.
    Leave gormandizing; know the grave doth gape
    For thee thrice wider than for other men.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “To be made to hold his tongue is the greatest insult you can offer him—though he might be ready with a poker to make you hold yours.”
    —Mrs. Patrick Campbell (1865–1940)

    “Antiquity breached mortality with myths.
    Narcissus is vocabulary. Hermes decorates
    A cornice on the Third National Bank.”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)