Attain

Famous quotes containing the word attain:

“There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

“To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.”
—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1845)

“Since we cannot attain unto it, let us revenge ourselves with railing against it.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)