Famous quotes containing the word basis:
“The basis of good manners is self-reliance. Necessity is the law of all who are not self-possessed.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”
—Oscar Wilde (18541900)
“Brutus. How many times shall Caesar bleed in sport,
That now on Pompeys basis lies along,
No worthier than the dust!
Cassius. So oft as that shall be,
So often shall the knot of us be called
The men that gave their country liberty.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
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