Quotes of Plume - somelinesforyou

“ If unix is the face of the future I wanna go back to quill pens. ”

- Gene Spafford

“ Private credit is wealth; public honor is security; the feather that adorns the royal bird supports its flight; strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth. ”

- Junius

“ The Swallow and the Crow The Swallow and the Crow had a contention about their plumage. The Crow put an end to the dispute by saying, Your feathers are all very well in the spring, but mine protect me against the winter. Fair weather friends are not worth much. ”

- Aesop

“ The Vain Jackdaw Jupiter determined, it is said, to create a sovereign over the birds, and made proclamation that on a certain day they should all present themselves before him, when he would himself choose the most beautiful among them to be king. The Jackdaw, knowing his own ugliness, searched through the woods and fields, and collected the feathers which had fallen from the wings of his companions, and stuck them in all parts of his body, hoping thereby to make himself the most beautiful of all… ”

- Aesop

“ The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction. ”

- Aesop

“ His hair stood upright like porcupine quills. ”

- Giovanni Boccaccio

“ Birdes of a feather will flocke togither. ”

- Marcus Valerius Martial

“ Kevin Costner has feathers in his hair and feathers in his head. The Indians should have called him 'Plays with Camera.'. ”

- Pauline Kael

“ I'm too old-fashioned to use a computer. I'm too old-fashioned to use a quill. ”

- Christopher Plummer

“ WALL STREET, n. A symbol for sin for every devil to rebuke. That Wall Street is a den of thieves is a belief that serves every unsuccessful thief in place of a hope in Heaven. Even the great and good Andrew Carnegie has made his profession of faith in the matter… ”

- Ambrose Bierce
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