Bare Action

Famous quotes containing the words bare and/or action:

    “Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
    And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
    And wears man’s smudge and shares man’s smell: the soil
    Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.”
    —Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)

    “The highest proof of civility is that the whole public action of the State is directed on securing the greatest good of the greatest number.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)