Attains

Famous quotes containing the word attains:

“When a thinking person attains adulthood and develops a mature consciousness, he reluctantly feels himself in a trap from which there is no exit.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)

“Murder is born of love, and love attains the greatest intensity in murder.”
—Octave Mirbeau (1850–1917)

“The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educated till it attains years of discretion.”
—John Ruskin (1819–1900)