Famous quotes containing the words thou art, woman, thou and/or art:
“Thou art not, Penshurst, built to envious show,
Of touch or marble; nor canst boast a row
Of polished pillars, or a roof of gold;
Thou hast no lantern whereof tales are told,
Or stair, or courts; but stand’st an ancient pile,”
—Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
“Beauty. The power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.”
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)
“It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldst have it, to fear and suspect the worst.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c.1466–1536)
“We live under a prince who is an enemy to fraud, a prince whose eyes penetrate into the heart, and whom all the art of impostors can’t deceive.”
—Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)