Famous quotes containing the words base and/or amount:
“Thou treacherous, base deserter of my flame,
False to my passion, fatal to my fame,
Through what mistaken magic dost thou prove
So true to lewdness, so untrue to love?”
—John Wilmot, Earl Of Rochester (1647–1680)
“The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)