Famous quotes containing the words world and/or council:
“The greater cantle of the world is lost
With very ignorance, we have kissed away
Kingdoms and provinces.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“There by some wrinkled stones round a leafless tree
With beards askew, their eyes dull and wild
Twelve ragged men, the council of charity
Wandering the face of the earth a fatherless child....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)