Bird Base

Famous quotes containing the words bird and/or base:

“Some say that ever ‘gainst that season comes
Wherein our Saviour’s birth is celebrated,
The bird of dawning singeth all night long:
And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad,
The nights are wholesome, then no planets strike,
No fairy tale nor witch hath power to charm,
So hallow’d and so gracious is the time.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin.”
—Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)