Bird Base

Famous quotes containing the words bird and/or base:

    “I never saw a wild thing
    Sorry for itself.
    A small bird will drop frozen dead
    From a bough
    Without ever having felt sorry for itself.”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)

    “Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.”
    —Aristotle (384–322 B.C.)