Famous quotes containing the word base:
“Study is like the heavens glorious sun,
That will not be deep searched with saucy looks;
Small have continual plodders ever won,
Save base authority from others books.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“What if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord,
Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff
That beetles oer his base into the sea,
And there assume some other horrible form
Which might deprive your sovereignty of reason,
And draw you into madness?”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“There is but one pride pardonable; that of being above doing a base or dishonorable action.”
—Samuel Richardson (16891761)
Related Subjects
Related Phrases
Related Words