Ernest Vincent Wright Wotton

Famous quotes containing the words ernest, vincent, wright and/or wotton:

    Once, in finesse of fiddles found I ecstasy,
    —Thomas Ernest Hulme (1883–1917)

    Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave
    Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;
    Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.
    I know, But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.
    —Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)

    The best road to correct reasoning is by physical science; the way to trace effects to causes is through physical science; the only corrective, therefore, of superstition is physical science.
    —Frances Wright (1795–1852)

    You common people of the skies,
    What are you when the moon doth rise?
    —Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639)