Famous quotes containing the words august, april, war and/or perch:
“Family ... the home of all social evil, a charitable institution for comfortable women, an anchorage for house-fathers, and a hell for children.”
—J. August Strindberg (1849–1912)
“In April 1917 the illusion of isolation was destroyed, America came to the end of innocence, and of the exuberant freedom of bachelor independence. That the responsibilities of world power have not made us happier is no surprise. To help ourselves manage them, we have replaced the illusion of isolation with a new illusion of omnipotence.”
—Barbara Tuchman (1912–1989)
“If we don’t end war, war will end us.”
—H.G. (Herbert George)
“Some may know what they seek in school and church,
And why they seek it there; for what I search
I must go measuring stone walls, perch on perch....”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)