Famous quotes containing the words base and/or standard:
“Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin.”
—Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)
“I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God’s will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility at a commensurate speed.”
—Maya Angelou (b. 1928)
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