Famous quotes containing the words uniform, naming and/or convention:
“We know, Mr. Wellerwe, who are men of the worldthat a good uniform must work its way with the women, sooner or later.”
—Charles Dickens (18121870)
“The night is itself sleep
And what goes on in it, the naming of the wind,
Our notes to each other, always repeated, always the same.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
“The metaphor of the king as the shepherd of his people goes back to ancient Egypt. Perhaps the use of this particular convention is due to the fact that, being stupid, affectionate, gregarious, and easily stampeded, the societies formed by sheep are most like human ones.”
—Northrop Frye (b. 1912)
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