Famous quotes containing the word admits:
“The fable, which is naturally and truly composed, so as to satisfy the imagination, ere it addresses the understanding, beautiful though strange as a wild-flower, is to the wise man an apothegm, and admits of his most generous interpretation.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Economy is a subject which admits of being treated with levity, but it cannot so be disposed of.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.”
—E.M. (Edward Morgan)