Writ Directs

Famous quotes containing the words writ and/or directs:

“We cannot learn the cipher
That’s writ upon our cell;
Stars help us by a mystery
Which we could never spell.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“A man often thinks he rules himself, when all the while he is ruled and managed; and while his understanding directs one design, his affections imperceptibly draw him into another.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)