Famous quotes containing the words ernest, vincent, wright and/or wotton:
“What have I done for you,
England, my England?
What is there I would not do,
England, my own?”
—William Ernest Henley (1849–1903)
“Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand:
Come and see my shining palaces built upon the sand.”
—Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)
“America is a nation with no truly national city, no Paris, no Rome, no London, no city which is at once the social center, the political capital, and the financial hub.”
—C. Wright Mills (1916–1962)
“You common people of the skies,
What are you when the moon doth rise?”
—Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639)