Beat

Famous quotes containing the word beat:

    “Before you beat a dog, find out who its master is.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “If the pulse of his people shall beat calmly under this experiment, another and another will be tried till the measure of despotism be filled up.”
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    “You beat your pate, and fancy wit will come:
    Knock as you please, there’s nobody at home.”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)