Famous quotes containing the words sir and/or james:
“They warsled up, they warsled down,
Till Sir John fell to the ground,
And there was a knife in Sir Willies pouch,
Gied him a deadlie wound.”
—Unknown. The Twa Brothers (l. 58)
“We, the lineal representatives of the successful enactors of one scene of slaughter after another, must, whatever more pacific virtues we may also possess, still carry about with us, ready at any moment to burst into flame, the smoldering and sinister traits of character by means of which they lived through so many massacres, harming others, but themselves unharmed.”
—William James (18421910)