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Quotes by George Canning
Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe; Bold I can meet-perhaps may turn his blow; But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save, save, oh! save me from the candid friend.— filed under Candor
I called the New World into existence to redress the balance of the Old.— filed under Compensation
England. Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm.— filed under Occupations-Navigation
Needy knife-grinder! whither are ye going? Rough is the road, your wheel is out of order; Bleak blows the blast-your hat has got a hole in it. So have your breeches.— filed under Poverty
Introductory to Prisoner of Chillon. Whene'er with haggard eyes I view in, This dungeon that I'm rotting true I think of those companions U- Who studied with me at the Niversity of Göttingen.— filed under Prison
And finds with keen, discriminating sight, Black's not so black;-nor white so very white.— filed under Sight