Woman Thou Art

Famous quotes containing the words thou art, woman, thou and/or art:

    “Thou art a toilsome mole, or less,
    A moving mist;
    But life is what none can express,
    A quickness which my God hath kissed.”
    —Thomas Stanley (1625–1678)

    “When an old Woman begins to doat [sic], and grow chargeable to a Parish, she is generally turned into a Witch, and fills the whole Country with extravagant Fancies, imaginary Distempers, and terrifying Dreams. In the mean time, the poor Wretch that is the innocent Occasion of so many Evils begins to be frighted at her self, and sometimes confesses secret Commerces and Familiarities that her Imagination forms in a delirious old Age.”
    —Joseph Addison (1672–1719)

    “Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion’s paws,
    And make the earth devour her own sweet brood;
    Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger’s jaws,
    And burn the long-liv’d phoenix in her blood;
    Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleet’st,
    And do what’er thou wilt, swift-footed Time,
    To the wide world and all her fading sweets;”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you’re an idiot.”
    —Steve Martin (b. 1945)